Ethnoracial and rural-urban differences in female sterilization in Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, and Peru.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In Latin America, 26 percent of women use sterilization to avert unwanted pregnancies. Although sterilization provides first-tier effectiveness, long-acting continuation over time, and life-long cost-benefit, previous research has documented persistent inequalities in access and use worldwide.

Methods

This study uses Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data for Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, and Peru (1986-2015), to explore ethnoracial, geographic, socioeconomic, individual, and reproductive differences in female sterilization [N (level-1 women) = 112,135; N (level-2 clusters) = 4,946].

Results

Results from descriptive analyses and logistic multilevel regression models indicate that ethnoracial minorities and rural women had lower odds of reporting female

SUBMITTER: Mena-Melendez L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12358441 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature