Duration of birth interval and its predictors among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: Gompertz gamma shared frailty modeling.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization recommended a minimum of 33 months between consecutive live births to reduce the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Poorly spaced pregnancies are associated with poor maternal and child health outcomes such as low birth weight, stillbirth, uterine rupture, neonatal mortality, maternal mortality, child malnutrition, and maternal hemorrhage. However, there was limited evidence on the duration of birth interval and its predictors among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the duration of birth interval and its predictors among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia.

Methods

A secondary data analysis was conducted based on the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey data. A total weighted s

SUBMITTER: Tesema GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7894930 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature