Socio-economic and demographic predictors of unmet need for contraception among young women in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from cross-sectional surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Globally, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) bears the highest proportion of women with unmet need for contraception as nearly 25% of women of reproductive age in the sub-region have unmet need for contraception. Unmet need for contraception is predominant among young women. We examined the association between socio-economic and demographic factors and unmet need for contraception among young women in SSA.

Methods

Data for this study obtained from current Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2018 in 30 sub-Saharan African countries. The sample size consisted of young women (aged 15-24), who were either married or cohabiting and had complete cases on all the variables of interest (N = 59,864). Both bivariate and multivaria

SUBMITTER: Ahinkorah BO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7585192 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature