Table 4.10 Percentage of women age 15-19 who are mothers or pregnant with their first child,
by background characteristics, Philippines 2003
(Pregnancy and motherhood among young women)
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All men All fathers
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Background Fathers Number Married when Mean number Number of
characteristic of men first child of children father
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Age
15-19 1.4 918 * * 13
20-24 20.8 785 60.3 1.4 163
25-29 56.7 647 66.5 2.0 367
30-34 76.5 593 75.7 2.8 454
35-39 83.8 586 81.0 3.6 491
40-44 90.9 483 79.1 4.1 439
45-49 91.3 416 83.7 4.6 380
50-54 93.6 338 84.3 5.3 316
Residence
Urban 53.7 2,553 76.7 3.2 1,370
Rural 56.6 2,213 77.4 4.0 1,254
Education
No education 72.1 84 73.2 5.3 60
Elementary 65.6 1,441 75.9 4.3 946
High school 47.0 2,048 75.0 3.3 962
College or higher 54.9 1,193 82.0 2.8 956
Wealth index quintile
Lowest 61.5 884 72.3 4.3 543
Second 57.8 937 74.7 3.8 542
Middle 56.1 992 74.2 3.5 556
Fourth 49.7 957 79.3 3.2 476
Highest 50.9 996 85.5 2.9 507
Total 55.0 4,766 77.0 3.5 2,623
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Note: An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed
Source: 2003 National Demographic and Health Survey
National Statistics Office & Department of Health
Page last updated: September 11, 2006
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