Samikshya Poudel|Nawaraj Upadhaya|Resham Bahadur Khatri|Pramesh Raj Ghimire
Trends and factors associated with pregnancies among adolescent women in Nepal: Pooled analysis of Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys (2006, 2011 and 2016)
University of Queensland|Western Sydney University
adolescent pregnancy significant cost mother newborn family society despite enormous health social impact adolescent pregnancy dearth nationally representative studies factors associated adolescent pregnancies nepal therefore study aimed examine trends factors associated adolescent pregnancies nepal using pooled data three nationally representative demographic surveysdata study derived recent three consecutive 2006 2011 2016 nepal demographic health surveys ndhs total 7788 adolescent women aged 1519 years included analysis trends multivariable logistic regression analysis performed examine factors associated adolescent pregnancyover study period 20062016 rate adolescent pregnancy 173 95 confidence interval ci 159 188 per 1000 women aged 1519 years adolescent pregnancy significantly higher among woman middle household wealth index adjusted odds ratio aor 219 95 confidence interval ci 165 291 poor household wealth index aor 237 95 ci 176 321 similarly dalit aor 187 95 ci 150 234 madhesi aor 167 95 ci 132 211 unemployed aor 128 95 ci 109 150 women higher odds adolescent pregnancies contrast adolescent pregnancy significantly lower among educated women aor 060 95 ci 048 074 women access media exposure public health issues aor 075 95 ci 064 088access media exposure public health issues effective efforts reduce adolescent pregnancy women low maternal education low wealth index unemployed ethnic groups dalits madeshi needs targeted designing implementing policies programs