Adolescent Childbearing in Nicaragua: A Quantitative Assessment of Associated Factors

Factors associated with pregnancy among adolescents in low-income and lower middle-income countries: a systematic review

“…Among the 12 studies, 4 used secondary analysis of nationallevel data, and the remaining 8 recruited participants from different settings, 4 via household surveys in rural communities, 35-38 3 from those who attended health institutions 15 36 39 and 1 from an urban slum area. 40 All the secondary data analyses [41][42][43][44] and two individual studies 37 45 used random sampling; five studies used convenience sampling 15 36 38-40 and one study was not clear about sampling criteria. 35 The definition of outcome variables also varied: five studies had only adolescent pregnancy as an outcome, 15 35 36 38 39 six studies included both adolescent pregnancy 37 40-43 45 and birth as outcomes, and one study included only adolescent births.…”

“…35 37 Choe et al 42 found that children of educated parents were more likely to delay marriage and pregnancy, whereas parents' education made no difference to this outcome in Nigeria. 43 Increased partner education was also found to be associated with lower risk of adolescent pregnancy in Nepal. 36 …”

“…Besides marriage, sexual initiation before age 15 was associated with an increased risk of early motherhood in Nicaragua. 43 …”

“…Three studies examined the association between place of residence and adolescent pregnancy, [41][42][43] in which two studies reported that rural adolescent women were at three times (OR=3.6, CI 1.9 to 6.9) higher risk of having an earlier first birth than urban adolescent girls in Ethiopia; 41 and similar findings were recorded in Nepal. 42 However, in Nicaragua, no such association was found.…”

Consensual Unions in Central America: Historical Continuities and New Emerging Patterns

“…As a result, the region displays the youngest age at fi rst union and the highest rates of adolescent fertility in Latin America (Monteith et al 2005 ;Lion et al 2009 ;Remez et al 2009 ). All these factors are associated with a higher likelihood of entering cohabitation instead of marriage (Bozon et al 2009 ;Grace and Sweeney 2014 ).…”