Predictors of adolescent childbearing among Ethiopian women with spatial effect adjustment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childbearing under the age of 20 is referred to as teenage childbearing. Compared to high-income countries, it is significantly higher in low-income countries. Adolescent childbearing is influenced by a number of variables, including economic, demographic, and social factors, and these vary geographically. Thus, this study aimed to determine the predictors of adolescent childbearing among Ethiopian women with spatial effect adjustment.

Methods

A total weighted sample of 4712 women aged 15 to 49 were included. The data were obtained from the 2019 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey. A generalized Geoadditive model which accounts for spatial effect and the non-linear effect of continuous variables was adopted to determine the associated factors of adolescent chil

SUBMITTER: Mamo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11468055 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature