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- Title
Prevalence and factors associated with unplanned pregnancy in a Brazilian capital in the Northeast.
- Authors
Mineu Costa, Ana Cleide; Carneiro Alves de Oliveira, Bruno Luciano; Soares de Britto e Alves, Maria Teresa Seabra
- Abstract
Objectives: to analyze the prevalence and factors associated with unplanned pregnancy in a Brazilian capital in the Northeast.. Methods: a cross-sectional study nested to a hospital birth cohort with a probable sample of 5,110 puerperal women. Associated factors were analyzed using a hierarchical theoretical model in three levels: distal (women's socioeconomic and demographic characteristics), intermediate (reproductive characteristics, maternal habits and BMI), and proximal level (partner's characteristics). Multivariate Poisson regression analysis was performed.. Results: the prevalence of unplanned pregnancy was 68.1% (CI95%=66.8-69.4). Multivariate analysis showed association with black skin color/race (PR=1.03; CI95%=1.01-1.07), mother's age group up to 19 years old (PR=1.09; CI95%=1.06-1.12) and 20 to 24 years old (PR=1.04; CI95%=1.01-1.07), not living with partner (PR=1.09; CI95%=1.07-1.11), highest number of people in the household: 5 people (PR= 1.10; CI95%=1.08-1.13) and 3 to 4 (PR=1.08; CI95%=1.05-1.10), number of =4 children (PR=1.09; CI95%=1.06-1.13) and 2 or 3 children (PR=1.03; CI95%=1.02-1.05), alcohol consumption (PR=1.03; CI95%=1.01-1.05), malnourished pre-pregnancy BMI (PR=1.03; CI95%=1.01-1.06) and partner's low schooling (5 to 8 years) (PR=1.03; CI95%=1.01-1.07). Prior abortion was inversely associated with planned pregnancy (PR=0.95; CI95%=0.93-0.97). Conclusions: the prevalence of unplanned pregnancy was high and was associated with socioeconomic and demographic characteristics that reflect on the combination of the complex inequalities that impact women and their partners.
- Subjects
UNPLANNED pregnancy; POISSON regression; DEMOGRAPHIC characteristics; HUMAN skin color; ALCOHOL drinking
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Mother & Child Health (BJMCH) / Revista Brasileira de Saude Materno Infantil (RBSMI), 2021, Vol 21, Issue 2, p461
- ISSN
1519-3829
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1806-93042021000200007