This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Rwanda statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Rwandan statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Rwandan-specific metadata information.
| Indicator available |
Percentage of women age 15-19 who have had a live birth or who are pregnant with their first child, and percentage who have begun childbearing, by background characteristics. |
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| Indicator description |
The adolescent birth rate represents the risk of childbearing among females in the particular age group. |
| Geographical coverage |
Rwanda |
| Unit of measurement |
Per 1,000 females |
| Definitions |
Annual number of births to females aged 15-19 years per 1,000 females in the respective age group. |
| Calculations |
The numerator is the number of live births obtained from retrospective birth histories of the interviewed women who were 15-19 years of age at the time of the births during a reference period before the interview, and the denominator is person-years lived between the ages of 15 and 19 years by the interviewed women during the same reference period. The reported observation year corresponds to the middle of the reference period. |
| Other information |
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| Comments and limitations |
The main limitations concern age misreporting, birth omissions, misreporting the date of birth of the child, and sampling variability in the case of surveys. The adolescent birth rate among females aged 10-14 years is not collected in the RDHS due to the very small proportion of births in this age group occur to females below age 12. |
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