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Determinants of change in the inequality and associated predictors of teenage pregnancy in Uganda for the period 2006-2016: analysis of the Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys.
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- Prevalence of teenage pregnancy and associated factors in Uganda: a meta-analysis and systematic review.BMJ open · 2026Pooled it
- Machine learning-based prediction and identification of determinants of teenage pregnancy in ten East African countries.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Awareness of cervical cancer risk factors and preventive approaches, and perceived causes of cervical cancer among secondary school girls: a cross-sectional study in Northern Uganda.Annals of medicine · 2024Article
- Predictors of adolescent childbearing among Ethiopian women with spatial effect adjustment.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Trends and factors associated with teenage pregnancy in Ethiopia: multivariate decomposition analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Socioeconomic inequality in teenage pregnancy in Papua New Guinea: a decomposition analysis.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Magnitude and Factors Associated with Teenage Pregnancy in Somaliland: Evidence from Somaliland Health and Demographic Survey, 2020.International journal of women's health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTeenage pregnancy has become a public health concern in Uganda because of its negative consequences to both the mother and child. The objective of this study was to examine the determinants of change in the inequality and associated predictors of teenage pregnancy in Uganda for the period 2006-2016. STUDY
designA retrospective national cross-sectional study
participantsUganda Demographic and Health Survey secondary data of only female teenagers aged 15-19 years. The samples selected for analyses were 1936 in 2006; 2048 in 2011 and 4264 in 2016. OUTCOME MEASURE: The primary outcome was teenage pregnancy. Analysis was performed using the logistic regression, equiplots, concentration curve, normalised concentration index, decomposition of the concentration index and Oaxaca-type decomposition.
resultsThe prevalence of teenage pregnancy has seemingly remained high and almost constant from 2006 to 2016 with the risk worsening to the disadvantage of the poor. Household wealth-index, teenagers' years of education, early sexual debut and child marriage were the main key predictors and contributors of the large inequality in teenage pregnancy from 2006 to 2016.
conclusionTeenage pregnancy is disproportionately prevalent among different subpopulations of adolescent girls in Uganda. We therefore recommend policy actions to sensitise communities and enforcement of child rights and child protection laws to stop child marriages. There is also need to promote girl child education, improving household incomes, and intensifying mass media awareness on the risks of early pregnancies. Further, ensuring that villages have operational adolescent and youth friendly services as well as incorporating sex education and other different adolescent reproductive health programmes in school curriculum will be key measures in reducing the large inequality in teenage pregnancy.
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