ArticleJournal of health, population, and nutrition2015
Unmet need for family planning: implication for under-five mortality in Nigeria.
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- Factors associated with low contraceptive use amongst vulnerable mothers in South West State, Nigeria.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2020Article
- Individual and community-level factors associated with unmet need for contraception among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia; a multi-level analysis of 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Predictors of unmet need for family planning in Ethiopia 2019: a systematic review and meta analysis.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2020Article
- Impact of internal female migration on unmet need for modern contraception in Zambia.Reproductive health · 2019Article
- Modern contraceptive use and intention to use: implication for under-five mortality in Ethiopia.Heliyon · 2019Article
- Assessment of need for limiting family after two children: A cross-sectional study from a Northern State of India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2019Article
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Abstract
There are gaps in evidence on whether unmet need for family planning has any implication for under-five mortality in Nigeria. This study utilized 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey data to examine the effect of unmet need on under-five mortality. Cox regression analysis was performed on 28,647 children born by a nationally-representative sample of 18,028 women within the five years preceding the survey. Findings indicated elevated risks of under-five death for children whose mothers had unmet need for spacing [Hazard ratio (HR): 1.60, confidence interval (CI) 1.37-1.86, p<0.001] and children whose mothers had unmet need for limiting (HR: 1.78, CI 1.48-2.15, p<0.001) compared to children whose mothers had met need. These findings were consistent after adjusting for the effects of factors that could confound the association. Findings of this study underscore the need to address the present level of unmet need for family planning in Nigeria, if the country would achieve meaningful reduction in under-five mortality.
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