Unintended pregnancy in Egypt: evidence from the national study on women giving birth in 1999
(East. Mediterr. health j).
in English
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ABSTRACT
The current study aimed to estimate the prevalence and correlates of unintended pregnancy among ever-married women. The study sample was 2349 ever-married women aged 15-49 years who gave birth in 1999. Unintended pregnancy was defined as unwanted and mistimed pregnancies. Of these, 431 [18.5%] women reported unintended pregnancy 137 were mistimed [5.9%] and 294 were unwanted [12.6%]. Women of older age, living in frontier governorates, with poor knowledge of the ovulatory cycle, having a more than ideal family size, using contraceptive methods and having 4 or more children were at increased odds of reporting unintended pregnancies. Fewer antenatal care visits and low child weight at birth were significantly associated with unintended pregnancy
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Collection:
Databases of international organizations
Health context:
Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
Health problem:
Goal 11: Inequalities and inequities in health
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Goal 7: Evidence and knowledge in health
Database:
WHO IRIS
Main subject:
Pregnancy, Unwanted
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Socioeconomic Factors
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Pregnancy Outcome
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Population Surveillance
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Prevalence
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Retrospective Studies
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Pregnancy, Unplanned
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Mothers
Language:
English
Journal:
East. Mediterr. health j
Year:
2007