Trends in and predictors of pregnancy termination among 15-24 year-old women in Nigeria: a multi-level analysis of demographic and health surveys 2003-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Three-quarters of pregnancy terminations in Africa are carried out in unsafe conditions. Unsafe abortion is the leading cause of maternal mortality among 15-24 year-old women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Greater understanding of the wider determinants of pregnancy termination in 15-24 year-olds could inform the design and development of interventions to mitigate the harm. Previous research has described the trends in and factors associated with termination of pregnancy for women of reproductive age in Nigeria. However, the wider determinants of pregnancy termination have not been ascertained, and data for all women have been aggregated which may obscure differences by age groups. Therefore, we examined the trends in and individual and contextual-level predictors of pregnancy t

SUBMITTER: Onukwugha FI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7507716 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature