A New Look at Teenage Pregnancy in Brazil

Table 3

Distribution of youth from 18 to 24 years old (excluding virgins), according to the type of reproductive event in the sexual trajectory (pregnancy or child birth), by sex and city.

Type of reproductive event	Porto Alegre		Rio de Janeiro		Salvador		Total		𝑃 value
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Women	631		651		718		2000
Pregnancy		34,9		41,2		53,3		43,8	0,0040
Child birth		28,8		31,9		43,4		34,8	0,0079
Men	695		675		669		2039
Pregnancy		26,3		31,1		35,5		31,7	0,2401
Child birth		16,8		16,7		16,0		16,5	0,9670

Source: GRAVAD, 2002.
Population: youth from 18 to 24 years old, Porto Alegre (RS), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Salvador (BA).