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Title:Predictors of Unintended Pregnancy among South African Youth
Authors:Ibisomi, Latifat D.G.ISNI
Odimegwu, Clifford O.
Year:2007
Periodical:Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (ISSN 1027-1775)
Volume:23
Issue:1
Period:January
Pages:61-80
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:South Africa
Southern Africa
Subjects:pregnancy
adolescents
social problems
Health and Nutrition
Women's Issues
Demographics
Family Planning and Contraception
Health, Nutrition, and Medicine
sociology
Pregnancy, Unwanted
youth
Sexual behavior surveys
Teenage pregnancy
External link:http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eastern_africa_social_science_research_review/v023/23.1ibisomi.pdf
Abstract:Although unintended pregnancy is recognized as a major public health problem in South Africa, studies on it have been limited and at local level. Using the 1998 South African Demographic and Health Survey (SADHS) data set, this study examined the distribution of and factors associated with unintended pregnancy among South African youth. Analysis was based on a sub-sample of 1,395 women aged 15-24 who were interviewed during the survey and who were pregnant at the time of and/or three years preceding the survey. Univariate, bivariate and multivariate methods of analysis were employed. The results show a high level of unintended pregnancy with only 29 percent of the pregnancies wanted. The level of unintended pregnancy varied by region and some socioeconomic variables. Five critical predictors of unintended pregnancy among South African youth were identified. These are: age group, region, marital status, education and relationship to the last sexual partner. The findings of this study have implications for reproductive health policies and programmes in designing appropriate national programmes for reducing the incidence of unintended pregnancy among South African youth. The need for further research into this area using triangulated methodology is recommended. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]
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