The complex relationship between climate anomalies and reproductive attitudes and practices in low- and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Climate change significantly impacts sexual and reproductive health (SRH) attitudes and practices, yet large-scale quantitative analyses exploring these effects are limited. This study investigates the historical associations between climate change, specifically temperature and precipitation anomalies, and key SRH attitudes and practices including contraception use, fertility preferences, and contraceptive autonomy.

Methods

Using data from 74 IMPUMS-harmonized Demographic and Health Surveys merged with high-resolution climate data, we analyzed a sample of 820,746 non-pregnant, reproductive-aged women across 33 low- and middle-income countries from 2000 to 2016. Fixed-effect logistic regression models were employed to assess the association between climate anomal

SUBMITTER: Brown ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12482920 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature