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Prevalence of teenage pregnancy and the associated contextual correlates in Rwanda
The rate of teenage pregnancy remains unacceptably high in most developing countries. In Rwanda, studies show a rapid increase over the past two decades despite the political achievements of women's empowerment, and efforts to curtail child sexual abuse. Unfortunately, the current knowledge of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7550904/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33083588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05037 |
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author | Uwizeye, Dieudonne Muhayiteto, Ruben Kantarama, Evelyne Wiehler, Simeon Murangwa, Yusuf |
author_facet | Uwizeye, Dieudonne Muhayiteto, Ruben Kantarama, Evelyne Wiehler, Simeon Murangwa, Yusuf |
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description | The rate of teenage pregnancy remains unacceptably high in most developing countries. In Rwanda, studies show a rapid increase over the past two decades despite the political achievements of women's empowerment, and efforts to curtail child sexual abuse. Unfortunately, the current knowledge of the household determinants of teenage pregnancies in Rwanda is limited, as recent studies have focused on providing numbers with little analysis of proximate causal factors or focused on the individual determinants. The study uses secondary data from the recent Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS: 2014–2015) to analyse household factors associated with teenage pregnancies in Rwanda. In addition to descriptive analysis, we ran logistic regression models to determine the level of association between teenage pregnancy and household socioeconomic characteristics. Results indicate that marital status and age of household head, household size, number of bedrooms given the size of the household, and the educational level of the household-head are significantly associated with teenage pregnancy (p < 0.01). Teen girls from small households are more likely to get pregnant than those from large families, while financial, social and educational empowerment of parents, and harmonious household contexts contribute to lessening the cases of teenage pregnancy. It indicates that social and economic support to teen girls which include parental supervision, guidance, and financial care are essential aspects to consider in order to reduce teenage pregnancy rates. The study suggests that in addition to efforts directed to teens themselves, strategies for reducing teen pregnancies should focus on a range of household-level contexts that form two broad categories: empowering parents and maintaining parents' harmonious decisions on teen girls. |
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spelling | pubmed-75509042020-10-19 Prevalence of teenage pregnancy and the associated contextual correlates in Rwanda Uwizeye, Dieudonne Muhayiteto, Ruben Kantarama, Evelyne Wiehler, Simeon Murangwa, Yusuf Heliyon Research Article The rate of teenage pregnancy remains unacceptably high in most developing countries. In Rwanda, studies show a rapid increase over the past two decades despite the political achievements of women's empowerment, and efforts to curtail child sexual abuse. Unfortunately, the current knowledge of the household determinants of teenage pregnancies in Rwanda is limited, as recent studies have focused on providing numbers with little analysis of proximate causal factors or focused on the individual determinants. The study uses secondary data from the recent Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS: 2014–2015) to analyse household factors associated with teenage pregnancies in Rwanda. In addition to descriptive analysis, we ran logistic regression models to determine the level of association between teenage pregnancy and household socioeconomic characteristics. Results indicate that marital status and age of household head, household size, number of bedrooms given the size of the household, and the educational level of the household-head are significantly associated with teenage pregnancy (p < 0.01). Teen girls from small households are more likely to get pregnant than those from large families, while financial, social and educational empowerment of parents, and harmonious household contexts contribute to lessening the cases of teenage pregnancy. It indicates that social and economic support to teen girls which include parental supervision, guidance, and financial care are essential aspects to consider in order to reduce teenage pregnancy rates. The study suggests that in addition to efforts directed to teens themselves, strategies for reducing teen pregnancies should focus on a range of household-level contexts that form two broad categories: empowering parents and maintaining parents' harmonious decisions on teen girls. Elsevier 2020-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7550904/ /pubmed/33083588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05037 Text en © 2020 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Research Article Uwizeye, Dieudonne Muhayiteto, Ruben Kantarama, Evelyne Wiehler, Simeon Murangwa, Yusuf Prevalence of teenage pregnancy and the associated contextual correlates in Rwanda |
title | Prevalence of teenage pregnancy and the associated contextual correlates in Rwanda |
title_full | Prevalence of teenage pregnancy and the associated contextual correlates in Rwanda |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of teenage pregnancy and the associated contextual correlates in Rwanda |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of teenage pregnancy and the associated contextual correlates in Rwanda |
title_short | Prevalence of teenage pregnancy and the associated contextual correlates in Rwanda |
title_sort | prevalence of teenage pregnancy and the associated contextual correlates in rwanda |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7550904/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33083588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05037 |
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