Sara S Masoud, Juana T Escareño, Belinda Flores, Janna Lesser, Byeong Yeob Choi, Carole L White
Project ECHO Brain Health: Assessing the Impact of a Pilot Program to Promote Self-Efficacy Among Community Health Workers
Family & community health
fertility rates remain high certain subgroups population limited research sociodemographic factors influencing fertility particularly eswatini women often considered minors study aims investigate changes lifetime fertility associations sociodemographic factors lifetime fertility among evermarried women study used secondary crosssectional data 2010 2014 eswatini multiple indicator cluster surveys mics sample size 2295 2351 women respectively data analysed using descriptive statistics multivariable poisson regression results showed fertility rates decreased 347 321 children 2010 2014 study found child loss age 25 years significant factors associated higher fertility delayed age marriage sexual debut 20 years least secondary education rich strong predictors lower fertility rates study recommends creating awareness strengthening laws abolish early sexual debut marriage also suggests empowering women education encouraging use contraceptives providing maternal child health services rural areas fertility rates tend higher