Gender inequality, women's empowerment, and adolescent birth rates in 363 Latin American cities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gender inequality is high in Latin America (LA). Empowering girls and young women and reducing gender gaps has been proposed as a pathway to reduce adolescent pregnancy. We investigated the associations of urban measures of women's empowerment and gender inequality with adolescent birth rates (ABR) in 366 Latin American cities in nine countries.

Methods

We created a gender inequality index (GII) and three Women Achievement scores reflecting domains of women's empowerment (employment, education, and health care access) using censuses, surveys, and political participation data at city and sub-city levels. We used 3-level negative binomial models (sub-city-city-countries) to assess the association between the GII and scores, with ABR while accounting for other city a

SUBMITTER: Braverman-Bronstein A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7613905 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature