Adolescent Pregnancies (TDHS

Adolescent childbearing has been relatively steady over the last decade. The percentage of teenagers who had given birth or were pregnant was 26% in 2004/05, decreasing to 23% in 2010, then increasing to 27% in 2015/16.
In Tanzania, 27% of women aged 15 to 19 have begun childbearing: 21% have given birth, and an additional 6% are pregnant with their first child.
Adolescents  in rural areas are considerably more likely to have begun childbearing than their urban peers: 32% of rural teenagers have given birth or are pregnant, compared with 19% of urban teenagers.
Adolescent childbearing is much higher on the Tanzania Mainland than on Zanzibar; the percentage of teenagers who have given birth or are pregnant is 27% on the Tanzania Mainland, more than three times higher than on Zanzibar (8%).

Why invest in adolescent SRHR
Young people are central to the achievement of the SDGs
Economic benefits of investing in young people both at the micro and macro level.
Supporting young people through their key transition period
Adolescence is a critical stage in the life cycle with physical, psychological and emotional changes as well as a transition from dependency to independence.
The right investments will: keep young people, especially girls, in school; help young people start a productive working life; prepare them for their responsibilities as citizens; foster healthy relationships between men and women; and encourage them to delay childbearing and to make decisions together about the timing and spacing of pregnancies and the number of children they have.