In 2022, a survey conducted among teenagers (ages 15 to 19 years) in Kenya revealed that close to 38 percent who had no education had been pregnant. However, only 4.8 percent of teenagers who had achieved more than a secondary education level had been pregnant.
Share of teenage pregnancies in Kenya in 2022, by education level
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No education includes informal education (Madrassa/Duksi/adult education), and more than secondary includes middle-level colleges and universities. Excludes people who reported vocational training as the highest education level attended.
Total number of women respondents:
No education: 134
Primary: 1,907
Secondary: 3,760
More than secondary: 194
The source states the following: "Percentage of women age 15–19 who have ever had a live birth, percentage who have ever had a pregnancy loss, percentage who are currently pregnant, and percentage who have ever been pregnant, according to background characteristics, Kenya DHS 2022".
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Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. (January 18, 2023). Share of teenage pregnancies in Kenya in 2022, by education level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1446680/share-of-teenage-pregnancies-in-kenya-by-education-level/
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