Exploring reproductive trajectories of youths of Oromia, Ethiopia: A life course approach.

ABSTRACT: In the context of continuous cultural, social, and economic changes happening around the globe, the predictable patterns of the life course of the past observed over successive birth cohorts will not remain stable across generations. In this study, three reproductive role indicators-first sexual encounter, first marriage, and first birth-for three synthetic birth cohorts were used to identify and characterize the reproductive trajectories of youths. In our analysis, for the sake of comparison with global literature, we considered youths to be between ages 15 and 24. The analysis was conducted using data extracted from the 2005, 2011, and 2016 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey for Oromia National Regional State. Three synthetic birth cohorts of youths of birth years between 1975 and 1989

SUBMITTER: Dejene T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9803128 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature