Prevalence and determinants of unmet need for family planning among married women in Ghana-a multinomial logistic regression analysis of the GDHS, 2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Documentary evidence points to high unmet need for family planning across sub-Saharan Africa. Modern contraceptive use has been staggering over decades with unacceptable marginal increases given that one in three women still report unmet need in Ghana. This study sought to re-examine through a further analysis on the prevalence and determinants of unmet need for family planning in Ghana using married women extracted from the recent 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey.

Method

Data was analyzed using univariate, bivariate, logistic and multinomial logistic regression models.

Results

Of the 4527 women, more than a third (35.17%) experienced unmet need of which 20.19% had unmet need for spacing while 14.98% reported unmet need for limiting. The logistic re

SUBMITTER: Wulifan JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6352348 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature