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Teenage pregnancy
| Definition | Percentage of women aged 15-19 who are mothers or who have ever been pregnant. The percentage of women who are mothers at the time of the survey is a more restrictive definition.
Note that some of the surveys report this indicator as the percentage who have ever been pregnant of those WHO HAVE EVER HAD SEX. This is a different denominator to that used by the Demographic and Health Surveys, and the data can therefore not be directly compared. |
| Reference | Department of Health, Medical Research Council & Measure DHS+. South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 1998, Full Report. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2002. |
| Ref. URL | http://www.doh.gov.za/facts/1998/sadhs98/
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| Details | pg 26-27 |
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Indicator Type: -> Health Status -> Reproductive Health -> Contraception and sexual behaviour [Related Resources]
| EC | FS | GP | KZN | LP | MP | NC | NW | WC | ZA |
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| 1991 | 13.1 | 14.9 | 12.9 | 15.3 | 16.4 | 13.5 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 11.8 | [1] 14.6 |
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| 1998 ever pregnant | 18.2 | 12.6 | 9.5 | 16.7 | 20.0 | 25.2 | 18.0 | 13.4 | 16.4 | [2] 16.4 |
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| 1998 ever pregnant rural | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | [3] 20.9 |
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| 1998 ever pregnant urban | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | [4] 12.5 |
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| 1998 mothers | 14.8 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 18.8 | 15.2 | 11.0 | 13.7 | [5] 13.2 |
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| 2002 NYRBS | 12.5 | 15.9 | 13.3 | 21.8 | 29.8 | 27.1 | 9.3 | 17.1 | 12.0 | [6] 19.1 |
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| 2003 ever pregnant | 13.6 | 15.4 | 12.3 | 2.0 | 16.8 | 13.1 | 16.1 | 14.3 | 14.3 | [7] 11.9 |
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| 2003 ever pregnant RHRU | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | [8] 15.0 |
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| 2003 mothers | 7.3 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 10.6 | 10.4 | [9] 9.4 |
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| 2006 ever pregnant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | [10] 39.0 |
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| EC: Eastern Cape FS: Free State GP: Gauteng KZN: KwaZulu-Natal LP: Limpopo MP: Mpumalanga NC: Northern Cape NW: North West WC: Western Cape ZA: South Africa |
Notes and References
- Development Bank 1994: Erasmus J, editor. South Africa's nine provinces: A human development profile. Midrand: Development Bank of Southern Africa; 1994. Publication not available electronically. Organisation web site http://www.dbsa.org/
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Definition according to source is:
Percentage of all live births during a specific year, to women younger than 20 years of age irrespective of their marital status. Table 24: Annexure A pg 90.
- SADHS 1998: Department of Health, Medical Research Council & Measure DHS+. South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 1998, Full Report. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2002. http://www.doh.gov.za/facts/1998/sadhs98/
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/SADHS_1998_Full.pdf
Note that by age 19, the survey found that 35% of all teenagers have been pregnant or have had a child. Table 16 pg 27.
- SADHS 1998: Department of Health, Medical Research Council & Measure DHS+. South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 1998, Full Report. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2002. http://www.doh.gov.za/facts/1998/sadhs98/
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/SADHS_1998_Full.pdf
- SADHS 1998: Department of Health, Medical Research Council & Measure DHS+. South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 1998, Full Report. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2002. http://www.doh.gov.za/facts/1998/sadhs98/
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/SADHS_1998_Full.pdf
- SADHS 1998: Department of Health, Medical Research Council & Measure DHS+. South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 1998, Full Report. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2002. http://www.doh.gov.za/facts/1998/sadhs98/
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/SADHS_1998_Full.pdf
Percentage of women aged 15-19 who are mothers at the time of the survey (more restrictive definition).
- NYRBS 2002: Reddy SP, Panday S, Swart D, Jinabhai CC, Amosun SL, James S, et al. Umthenthe Uhlaba Usamila The South African Youth Risk Behaviour Survey 2002. Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council; 2003. http://www.mrc.ac.za/healthpromotion/reports.htm
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/Behaviour/NYRBS_2002.pdf
Of those learners who had ever had sex
- SADHS 2003 (Preliminary): South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2003. Preliminary Report. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2004. http://www.doh.gov.za/
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/SADHS_2003.pdf
The estimates from this DHS are considered to be implausibly low and should not be used. Moultrie TA, McGrath N. Teenage fertility rates falling in South Africa. S Afr Med J 2007 Jun; 97(6): 442-443.
- HIV Youth 2003: Pettifor AE, Rees HV, Steffenson A, Hlongwa-Madikizela L, MacPhail C, Vermaak K, et al. HIV and sexual behaviour among young South Africans: a national survey of 15-24 year olds.
Johannesburg: Reproductive Health Research Unit; 2003. http://www.lovelife.org.za/corporate/research/national_survey_RHRU.pdf
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HIV_AIDS/HIV_YouthSurvey_2003.pdf
33% of women age 15-19 who report ever having had sex reported ever having been pregnant, while 15% of all surveyed
reported ever having been pregnant - the latter is more comparable to the SADHS indicator definition. The source includes more detailed data on pregnancy by age.
- SADHS 2003 (Preliminary): South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2003. Preliminary Report. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2004. http://www.doh.gov.za/
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/SADHS_2003.pdf
The estimates from this DHS are considered to be implausibly low and should not be used. Moultrie TA, McGrath N. Teenage fertility rates falling in South Africa. S Afr Med J 2007 Jun; 97(6): 442-443.
- Kaiser HIV Awareness: Young South Africans, Broadcast media, and HIV/AIDS Awareness: Results of a National Survey. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; 2007. http://www.kff.org/
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Of those who are sexually active.
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