Investigating factors associated to reproductive health in sub-Saharan African countries
| dc.contributor.author | Mpilambo, Jacques Elengemoke | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-01-20T07:04:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-01-20T07:04:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, nearly 20% of the total population falls in the age group of 15 to 24 years. In this region, this population group faces a large number of reproductive health problems. Even though the health officials concerned have implemented several health care programs, the youth, particularly girls, still have many problems, particularly lack of sexual health information, poor health care, inability to avoid early and unprotected sexual relationships, early marriage, early pregnancies, early childbearing, etc. Objectives: The aim of this study is to examine the trends and differentials in reproductive behaviour among young women in sub-Saharan African countries and to gain a better understanding of the utilization of reproductive health care services in their respective socio-cultural, economic and demographic circumstances. Data and Methods: The study used data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) waves conducted between 2006 and 2016 in four sub-Saharan African countries namely Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mali, and Malawi. Descriptive and multivariate analyses were used. Cross tabulation and Chi-square were applied to test for association between independents and outcome variables. At the multivariate level of analysis, the Generalized Linear Model (GLM) with logit and negative log-log link functions, were used. All analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/21750 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | |
| dc.subject | Early marriage | |
| dc.subject | Early pregnancy | |
| dc.subject | Reproductive behaviour | |
| dc.subject | Health care services | |
| dc.subject | Demographic factors | |
| dc.title | Investigating factors associated to reproductive health in sub-Saharan African countries | |
| dc.type | Thesis |