Factors of Teenage Pregnancy among Women Attending Maternal and Child Health Clinic in Ephratana Gidem Woreda Public Health Facility, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2016/2017

Objective: Teenage pregnancy is defined as a teenage girl, usually within the ages of 13-19 years, becoming pregnant. The study was aimed to assess magnitude and factors associated with teenage pregnancy among women attending maternal and child health clinic in Ephratana Gidem Woreda public health facility for health care service. A facility based cross-sectional study design using quantitative method was used and a total of 421 women were interviewed. Bivariate and multivariable analyses were done.

Results: Out of the total 421 women, 84 (20%) were teenage pregnant. The statistically significant independent predictors for teenage pregnancy found in this study were early marriage, contraceptive use and age at menarche. Women married at the age of 18-30 years had 96% (AOR=0.040, 95% CI; 0.012, 0.136) lower chance of having teenage pregnancy than those women early married. Those women contraceptive non-user were almost 12 times more likely to be experienced to teenage pregnancy than from those who use contraceptive (AOR=12.176; 95% CI; 4.865, 30.485). Women whose age at menarche of 12-15 years were almost 5 times more likely to experience teenage pregnancy compared to those women whose age at menarche 16-20 years (AOR=5.217; 95% CI; 2.070,13.150).

Author(s): Solomon Adanew Worku*, Yohannes Moges Mitku, Fiseha Girma and Weyzer Tilahun

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