Differential in pregnancy planning status among adolescents in Nigeria.
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2023
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Department of Demography and Social Statistics , Faculty of Social Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University.
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The study examined the regional differentials in pregnancy planning status among adolescents in North and South Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to examine the pregnancy planning status among adolescents in Nigeria, compared the socio-demographic factors influencing pregnancy planning status, and examine the influence of exposure to family planning information on pregnancy planning status among adolescents in North and South Nigeria. These were with a view to examining the similarities and differences factors that influences pregnancy planning status among adolescents in North and South Nigeria
The study adopted a cross-sectional research design. The data for the study was obtained from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS). The study was based on a sample of 1,531 adolescents extracted from the NDHS data, who were either pregnant or already had a child. Nigeria was classified into six regions of North Central, North East, North West, South East, South South and South West was reclassified into two, namely: North (North Central, North East and North West) and South (South East, South South and South West). Data on the background characteristics of the respondents, information on family planning, women autonomy and pregnancy decision were extracted from individual recode dataset from the survey. The extracted quantitative data was analysed using frequency and percentage for the descriptive analysis and chi-square was used for the bivariate analysis while binary logistic regression was used for the multi-variant analysis.
The result revealed that majority (93.5%) of adolescents’ pregnancy in the North were planned while only 41.2% of the adolescents’ pregnancy in the South were planned. It wasfound that marital status, religion and place of residence were significantly related to pregnancy planning status among adolescent in both North and South region, whereas socio-demographic factors like level of education, wealth index and parity had statistical significant relationship on pregnancy planning status among adolescents in the North. The study further found that age as first birth influenced pregnancy planning status among adolescents in the South while husband/partner level of education and adolescents’ participation on healthcare decision had statistical significant influence on pregnancy planning status among adolescents in the North. The study found that adolescents in both North and South had a low level of exposure to family planning information. The study therefore concluded that pregnancy planning status among adolescents varied greatly by regional demographic and socio-demographic characteristics, therefore, in Intervention or policies on adolescents’ pregnancy should be regional specific.
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xii, 93p
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Yusuf, I.O.(2023). Differential in pregnancy planning status among adolescents in Nigeria.Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University.