ArticleInternational journal of public health2020
Trends in teenage motherhood in Ecuador: challenges and inequalities.
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- Maternal and neonatal outcomes among adolescent mothers in a high-risk NICU population in Ecuador.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Observational
- Socioeconomic impacts of adolescent pregnancy on education and future employment in Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic inequality in teenage pregnancy in Papua New Guinea: a decomposition analysis.BMC public health · 2023Article
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objectivesTo describe trends in teenage motherhood (TM), based on the socioeconomic groups teenagers belong to, and factors related to their first experience of heterosexual intercourse (FEHI). We took into consideration women aged 20-24 years, comparing three surveys from 1999, 2004, and 2012.
methodsWe obtained data from the Ecuadorian Demographic and Health Surveys about 4,696 women aged 20-24 years who had given birth as teenagers. Prevalence ratios and their confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated to estimate changes in socioeconomic inequalities and factors related to the FEHI.
resultsThe prevalence of TM increased from 48% in 1999 to 60% in 2012 among women with complete primary education. The social gradient among socioeconomic groups were sustained. We detected no changes in the socioeconomic inequalities characterizing TM, and in the factors related to the FEHI across the three studies in Ecuador.
conclusionsSocioeconomic inequalities in TM and disadvantageous circumstances at FEHI remained unchanged for 14 years. Some factors are vital for reducing teenage motherhood in Ecuador: gender-equitable economic development, access to comprehensive-sexual education, contraception, health services, and safe abortion.
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