Socio-economic and demographic predictors of unmet need for contraception among young women in sub-Saharan Africa: evide
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Socio‑economic and demographic predictors of unmet need for contraception among young women in sub‑Saharan Africa: evidence from cross‑sectional surveys Bright Opoku Ahinkorah1, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw1 and Abdul‑Aziz Seidu2,3*
Abstract Introduction: Globally, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) bears the highest proportion of women with unmet need for contraception as nearly 25% of women of reproductive age in the sub-region have unmet need for contraception. Unmet need for contraception is predominant among young women. We examined the association between socioeconomic and demographic factors and unmet need for contraception among young women in SSA. Methods: Data for this study obtained from current Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2018 in 30 sub-Saharan African countries. The sample size consisted of young women (aged 15–24), who were either married or cohabiting and had complete cases on all the variables of interest (N = 59,864). Both bivariate and multivariable binary logistic regression analyses were performed using STATA version 14.0. Results: The overall prevalence of unmet need for contraception among young women was 26.90% [95% CI: 23.82– 29.921], ranging from 11.30% [95% CI: 5.1–17.49] in Zimbabwe to 46.7% [95% CI: 36.92–56.48] in Comoros. Results on socio-economic status and unmet need for contraception showed that young women who had primary [aOR = 1.18; CI = 1.12–1.25, p
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