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Socio-economic and demographic predictors of unmet need for contraception among young women in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from cross-sectional surveys.


ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Globally, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) bears the highest proportion of women with unmet need for contraception as nearly 25% of women of reproductive age in the sub-region have unmet need for contraception. Unmet need for contraception is predominant among young women. We examined the association between socio-economic and demographic factors and unmet need for contraception among young women in SSA. METHODS:Data for this study obtained from current Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2018 in 30 sub-Saharan African countries. The sample size consisted of young women (aged 15-24), who were either married or cohabiting and had complete cases on all the variables of interest (N?=?59,864). Both bivariate and multivariable binary logistic regression analyses were performed using STATA version 14.0. RESULTS:The overall prevalence of unmet need for contraception among young women was 26.90% [95% CI: 23.82-29.921], ranging from 11.30% [95% CI: 5.1-17.49] in Zimbabwe to 46.7% [95% CI: 36.92-56.48] in Comoros. Results on socio-economic status and unmet need for contraception showed that young women who had primary [aOR?=?1.18; CI?=?1.12-1.25, p?

SUBMITTER: Ahinkorah BO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7585192 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Socio-economic and demographic predictors of unmet need for contraception among young women in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from cross-sectional surveys.

Ahinkorah Bright Opoku BO   Ameyaw Edward Kwabena EK   Seidu Abdul-Aziz AA  

Reproductive health 20201023 1


<h4>Introduction</h4>Globally, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) bears the highest proportion of women with unmet need for contraception as nearly 25% of women of reproductive age in the sub-region have unmet need for contraception. Unmet need for contraception is predominant among young women. We examined the association between socio-economic and demographic factors and unmet need for contraception among young women in SSA.<h4>Methods</h4>Data for this study obtained from current Demographic and Health  ...[more]

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