Municipal contraceptive services, socioeconomic status and teenage pregnancy in Finland: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Declining teenage pregnancy rates have been linked to improved access to youth-friendly contraceptive services, but information on the combined association of these services and socioeconomic factors with teenage pregnancy is lacking.

Design and setting

This retrospective longitudinal register-based study covers the annual teenage childbirth and induced abortion rates in the 100 largest municipalities in Finland in 2000-2018. We investigated the combined association of regional, socioeconomic (ie, education level and need for social assistance) and adolescent contraceptive service variables (ie, free-of-charge contraception, an adolescent-only clinic and availability of over-the-counter emergency contraception (OTC EC)) with teenage childbirth and induced abortion

SUBMITTER: Jalanko E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7893665 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature