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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Glob. Womens Health
Sec. Maternal Health
Volume 5 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2024.1471187

Prevalence and determinants of termination of pregnancy among reproductive-age women who had a short preceding birth interval in sub-Saharan Africa: A Multilevel Analysis Author's affiliations

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    Background: Termination of pregnancy is one of the biggest five causes of maternal mortality in countries with low and middle incomes. Although termination of pregnancy is hazardous, its prevalence and determinates are not well studied in developing countries. Therefore, this study aims to assess the prevalence and determinants of termination of pregnancy among reproductiveage women who had a short preceding birth interval in Sub-Saharan Africa.Methods: Data from the most recent Demographic and Health Surveys, which covered 21 Sub-Saharan African countries from 2015 to 2022, were used for secondary data analysis. The study used a total of 283,785 women. Stata 14 was used to analyze the data. The determinants of termination of pregnancy were determined using a multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression model. Significant factors associated with termination of pregnancy were declared significant at p-values <0.05. The result was interpreted using the confidence interval and adjusted odds ratio.The best-fit model was determined to be the one with the highest log likelihood ratio and the lowest deviance.In sub-Saharan Africa, one in ten women with short birth intervals experienced pregnancy termination. Individual factors, including the sex of the preceding birth (AOR = 1.21,

    Keywords: determinants, Prevalence, Pregnancy termination, Short birth intervals, sub-Saharan Africa

    Received: 26 Jul 2024; Accepted: 07 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zegeye, Tamir, Mekonen, Techane, Terefe and Workneh. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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