Unintended pregnancy in Egypt: evidence from the national study on women giving birth in 1999
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Authors
Shaheen, A.A.;Diaaeldin, M.;Chaaya, M. ; El Roueiheb, Z
Issue Date
2007
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Journal / periodical articles
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Pregnancy;women;Birth;Egypt
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The current study aimed to estimate the prevalence and correlates of unintended pregnancy among ever-married women. The study sample was 2349 ever-married women aged 15-49 years who gave birth in 1999. Unintended pregnancy was defined as unwanted and mistimed pregnancies. Of these, 431 [‎18.5%]‎ women reported unintended pregnancy: 137 were mistimed [‎5.9%]‎ and 294 were unwanted [‎12.6%]‎. Women of older age, living in frontier governorates, with poor knowledge of the ovulatory cycle, having a more than ideal family size, using contraceptive methods and having 4 or more children were at increased odds of reporting unintended pregnancies. Fewer antenatal care visits and low child weight at birth were significantly associated with unintended pregnancy.
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WHO