Association of service facilities and amenities with adolescent birth rates in Mexican cities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association of the built environment and the structural availability of services/amenities with adolescent birth rates (ABR) has been overlooked in Latin America. We investigated the association of the availability, and changes in the availability, of services/amenities with ABR in 92 Mexican cities.

Methods

We estimated ABR using data on live birth registration linked to municipality of residence at the time of birth from 2008-2017. The number of services/amenities were obtained from the National Statistical Directory of Economic Units in 2010, 2015, and 2020 and grouped as follows: education, health care, pharmacies, recreation, and on- and off-premises alcohol outlets. Data were linearly interpolated to obtain yearly estimates. We estimated densities per sq

SUBMITTER: Braverman-Bronstein A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10334546 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature