Table 1 Background characteristics of Rwandan adolescents aged 15 to 19 years as per the 2020 RDHS
Characteristics | Frequency (%), N = 3258 |
|---|---|
Age (years) | Â |
 15 | 810(24.9) |
 16 | 680(20.9) |
 17 | 667(20.5) |
 18 | 504(15.5) |
 19 | 596(18.3) |
Educational level | Â |
 Tertiary | 13(0.4) |
 Secondary | 1564(48.0) |
 Primary | 1650(50.6) |
 No education | 32(1.0) |
Working status | Â |
 Working | 1246(38.2) |
 Not working | 2012(61.8) |
Marital status | Â |
 Married | 73(2.3) |
 Unmarried | 3185(97.7) |
Religion | Â |
 Catholic | 1242(38.1) |
 Protestant | 1517(46.6) |
 Others | 500(15.3) |
Health insurance coverage | Â |
 Yes | 2676(82.1) |
 No | 582(17.9) |
History of STI | Â |
 Yes | 14(0.4) |
 No | 3244(99.6) |
Exposure to newspapers | Â |
 Yes | 1208(37.1) |
 No | 2050(62.9) |
Exposure to radio | Â |
 Yes | 2694(82.7) |
 No | 564(17.3) |
Exposure to television | Â |
 Yes | 1624(49.8) |
 No | 1635(50.2) |
Contraceptive use | Â |
 Yes | 94(2.9) |
 No | 3165(97.1) |
HIV test | Â |
 Yes | 1189(36.5) |
 No | 2070(63.5) |
Owns mobile phone | Â |
 Yes | 845(25.9) |
 No | 2414(74.1) |
Wealth index | Â |
 Richest | 814(25.0) |
 Richer | 678(20.8) |
 Middle | 650(19.9) |
 Poorer | 619(19.0) |
 Poorest | 497(15.2) |
Household size | Â |
 Less than 6 | 1458(44.7) |
 6 and above | 1801(55.3) |
Sex of household head | Â |
 Male | 2210(67.8) |
 Female | 1049(32.2) |
Residence | Â |
 Urban | 579(17.8) |
 Rural | 2680(82.2) |
Region | Â |
 Kigali | 397(12.2) |
 West | 694(21.3) |
 East | 989(30.3) |
 North | 497(15.2) |
 South | 681(20.9) |