Determinants of Unintended Pregnancy Among Women in Ecuador

Eggleston, Elizabeth

doi:10.2307/2991899

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“…Our results support the hypothesis that if a woman has higher knowledge of family planning methods, she is more likely to be aware of the benefits of those methods which in turn will motivate her to use the family planning methods and be less likely to have unintended pregnancy. The similar result is found in Ecuador as well (Eggleston, 1999(Eggleston, , 2000Eggleston et. al., 2001).…”

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confidence: 78%

“…2009). Furthermore, many studies compare only intended pregnancies to unintended pregnancies, but do not examine mistimed and unwanted pregnancies separately, even though studies that do separate unwanted from mistimed pregnancies have found many differences in the mother's interpretation of pregnancy intention and the outcomes associated with it (Eggleston, 1999, 2000, Eggleston and Tsui, 2001). Moreover, if we take children born in the preceding five years or life time, that information may in fact underestimate unplanned childbearing since women may rationalize unplanned births and declare them as planned once they occur.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Al., 2011;Adhikari et. al., 2009;Eggleston, 1999). These variables were grouped into four: programmatic, demographic, socio-cultural and attitudinal.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Prevalence and Determinants of Unintended Pregnancies in Malawi

Palamuleni

Adebowale

2014

APS

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confidence: 78%

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confidence: 99%

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Prevalence and Determinants of Unintended Pregnancies in Malawi

Palamuleni

Adebowale

2014

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“…The similar result was found in study conducted in Ecuador as well. 19 In this study, there was significant association between the literacy status and unintended pregnancy in bivariate analysis but no significant association in multivariate analysis after controlling other demographic, socio-economic and other variables. Literacy rate of women is very low and majority of women do not have more than primary level education and other social cultural factors strongly influence intended pregnancy status; hence education is not statistically significant.…”

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confidence: 87%

Determinants of unintended pregnancy among women in Nepal

Adhikari¹,

Soonthorndhada

Prasartkul

2014

Nepal j. obstet. gynaecol.

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Aim: Aim: Aim: Aim: Aim: This study aims to determine the factors influencing unintended pregnancy among married women in Nepal Methods: Methods: Methods: Methods: Methods: This paper reports on data drawn from Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), 2001 which is a nationally representative sample survey. The analysis is restricted to the currently pregnant women at the time of survey. Logistic regression was used to assess the net effect of several independent variables on unintended pregnancy. The factors leading to unintended pregnancy were also predicted by using some significant variables in the model. Results:Results: Results: Results: Results: More than two-fifth of the respondents (41%) reported that their current pregnancies were unintended. The results indicate that age, age at first marriage, religion, exposure to radio and knowledge of family planning (FP) methods were key predictors of unintendend pregnancy. Experienc of unintended pregnancy augments along with the women's age. Similarly, increase in age at first marriage reduces the likelihood of unintended pregnancy among women. Those who were exposed to radio were less likely (odds ratio, 0.65) to have unintended pregnancy compared to those who were not. Those women who had higher level of knowledge about FP methods were 40% less likely to experience unintended pregnancy compared to those having lower level of knowledge. Conclusion:Conclusion: Conclusion: Conclusion: Conclusion:. One of the important factor contributing to high level of maternal and infant mortality is unintended pregnancy. Programs should intend to reduce unintended pregnancy by focusing on all these identified issues so that infant and maternal morbidity and mortality as well as abortion will be decreased and the overall health of the family could be improved.

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“…Worldwide, 38% of pregnancies are unintended (that is, some 80 million pregnancies annually). In sub-Saharan Africa, unintended pregnancy accounts for more than a quarter of the 40 million pregnancies that occur annually [5,10].…”

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Unwanted Pregnancy and Associated Factors among Female Students of Madawalabu University Bale Zone, Oromia Region South East, Ethiopia

Erena¹

2015

SJPH

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Abstract:Globally as well as in the developing world unintended pregnancies are among the major social and health problems. In Ethiopia, 54% of pregnancies to girls under age 15 are unwanted. In some countries where accesses to safe and legal abortion services are restricted, unsafe abortion is the cause for more than 30% of maternal deaths. The aim of this study was to assess factors associated with unwanted pregnancy among female students of Madawalabu University from 01-21, March 2014. A cross sectional study was conducted among 814 female students of Madawalabu university drawn randomly from 6 selected schools in 01-21, March 2014. Self administered questionnaire, adapted from previous relevant studies was used to assess Factors associated with unwanted pregnancy among female students of Madawalabu University. Data was entered, cleaned and then analyzed using Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models. A total of 814 female students responded to the questionnaire adequately making the response rate of 96%. The mean age of study participants was 20.74 years with standard deviation of 1.47. The overall prevalence of unwanted pregnancy among those who ever had sexual intercourse was 8.1% and among all study participants it was 32.4%. Ever hearing about family planning, consistent use of family planning in the last twelve months, and drinking alcohol in the last one week were among significantly associated with unwanted pregnancy Thus, Madawalabu University HIV/AIDS prevention and control office and other stakeholders are recommended to promote extensively family planning utilization to avoid unwanted pregnancies.

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Determinants of Unintended Pregnancy Among Women in Ecuador

Cited by 43 publications

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Prevalence and Determinants of Unintended Pregnancies in Malawi

Prevalence and Determinants of Unintended Pregnancies in Malawi

Determinants of unintended pregnancy among women in Nepal

Unwanted Pregnancy and Associated Factors among Female Students of Madawalabu University Bale Zone, Oromia Region South East, Ethiopia

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