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The Risk Factors Associated With Early Age At First Birth Amongst Angolan Women: Evidence From The 2015-2016 Angola Demographic And Health Survey

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  • Tshaudi Motsima

    (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa.)

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Reducing adolescent childbearing has been a global priority since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development. Age of a woman at first birth is significant in her life because motherhood involves a substantial commitment of time and resources, and it tends to set the stage within which other roles are assumed. There are consequences related to early age at first birth for both the mothers and the children. Data and Methods: The data used for analysis came from the 2015-2016 MIHS of Angola which was its first DHS. The 2015-2016 Angolan MIHS collected information from 14 379 women aged 15-49 years from 16 109 households. Women were asked questions around ages at which they gave births to their children. The Tarone-Ware test was used to test the equality of the survival functions. The Cox PH model was used to determine the factors that were associated with early age at first birth. Results and Conclusion: Results revealed that women who had their sexual intercourse at a young age (HR = 4.66; p

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  • Tshaudi Motsima, 2020. "The Risk Factors Associated With Early Age At First Birth Amongst Angolan Women: Evidence From The 2015-2016 Angola Demographic And Health Survey," European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, European Open Science, vol. 2(2), March.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:ejmed0:v:2:y:2020:i:2:id:40198
    DOI: 10.24018/ejmed.2020.2.2.198
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