Pregnancy intention data completeness, quality and utility in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An estimated 40% of pregnancies globally are unintended. Measurement of pregnancy intention in low- and middle-income countries relies heavily on surveys, notably Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), yet few studies have evaluated survey questions. We examined questions for measuring pregnancy intention, which are already in the DHS, and additional questions and investigated associations with maternity care utilisation and adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Methods

The EN-INDEPTH study surveyed 69,176 women of reproductive age in five Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites in Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ethiopia, Uganda and Bangladesh (2017-2018). We investigated responses to survey questions regarding pregnancy intention in two ways: (i) pregnancy-specific intentio

SUBMITTER: Yargawa J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7869206 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature