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15Revista Colombiana Salud Libre. 2017; 12 (1): 15-22 Niveles subnacionales de la fecundidad adolescente en cuatro países de América Latina y el Caribe This study presents a descriptive analysis of adolescent fertility. The indicators used were the age-specific fertility rate, the share of adolescent mothers, the average-parity, and the retrospective probability of being mother at adolescent ages. Data were derived from Demographic and Health Surveys nationally representative, from 2008
DISMINUCIÓN DE LA FECUNDIDAD Y CAMBIOS EN LAS NECESIDADES INSATISFECHA ... Javiera Fanta GarridoODM5, este artículo presenta un análisis descriptivo de los cambios en esta variable en los países involucrados y examina la relación entre la caída de la fecundidad y las necesidades insatisfechas de planificación familiar mediante un análisis de regresión. Los resultados muestran que todos los países registran porcentajes decrecientes de necesidad insatisfecha a lo largo del tiempo y que existe una asociación positiva entre la caída de la fecundidad y las necesidades insatisfechas de planificación familiar.. Palabras clave: planificación familiar; necesidades insatisfechas; fecundidad; contracepción.
AbstractSince the 1960s, fertility levels dropped sharply in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). While the classical demographic transition theory attributes this decline to economic development, the downward trends in the region are better explained by the increasing use of birth control technologies. The aim of this research is to examine changes of unmet need for family planning in eight countries of LAC and determine to what extent variations in unmet need have contributed to achieve lower fertility levels from 1990 to the present. Data was derived from Demographic and Health Surveys and Reproductive Health Surveys nationally representative. Based on the revised definition of unmet need used to monitor the MDG5, this article presents a descriptive analysis of changes in unmet need in each country and analyses the relationship between fertility decline and unmet need through regression analysis. Results show that all countries record decreasing percentages of unmet need over time and that fertility decline is positively associated with unmet need.
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