Prevalence and determinants of unintended childbirth in Ethiopia

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tebekaw, Yibeltal ^a   Aemro, Bezuhan ^b   Teller, Charles ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b BZY Research Consult   (Ethiopia)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinants; Unintended pregnancy; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL STATUS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT; BIRTH; CONTRACEPTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931043595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-326     Document Type: Article

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