作者
Verónica Espinel-Flores, Mercè Gotsens, Vanessa Puig-Barrachina, Brenda Biaani León-Gómez, Andrés Peralta, Glòria Pérez
发表日期
2020/12
期刊
International Journal of Public Health
卷号
65
期号
9
页码范围
1647-1655
出版商
Springer International Publishing
简介
Objectives
To describe trends in teenage motherhood (TM), based on the socioeconomic groups teenagers belong to, and factors related to their first experience of heterosexual intercourse (FEHI). We took into consideration women aged 20–24 years, comparing three surveys from 1999, 2004, and 2012.
Methods
We obtained data from the Ecuadorian Demographic and Health Surveys about 4,696 women aged 20–24 years who had given birth as teenagers. Prevalence ratios and their confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated to estimate changes in socioeconomic inequalities and factors related to the FEHI.
Results
The prevalence of TM increased from 48% in 1999 to 60% in 2012 among women with complete primary education. The social gradient among socioeconomic groups were sustained. We detected no changes in the socioeconomic inequalities characterizing TM, and in the factors related to …
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