Assessment of risk factors associated with teenage pregnancy among young women Between 15-19 Years in RWANDA: RDHS Analysis 2014-2015

Abstract

ABSTRACT Background: Teenage pregnancy in Rwanda is public health concern, a social and development problem. Adolescents and youth now comprise the largest share of the Rwandan population and represent about 50% of the population. The few studies documented factors associated contributing to teenage pregnancies in Rwanda, especially among women between 15-19 years old. The aims of this research is to fill this knowledge gaps by assessing factors associated with teenage pregnancy among young adolescents aged between 15-19 years in Rwanda using the Demographic Health Survey data DHS 2014/15. Objective: The aim of this research is reduction of risk factors associated with teen pregnancy among young women between 15-19 years in RWANDA . Methodology: The study design is the cross-sectional study that is based on the secondary data from RDHS 2014/2015 .Data analysis was done using STAT 13 Descriptive analysis for distribution of pregnant proportion ,.Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to assess the relationship between the independent variables and the outcome and risk factor associated with teen pregnancies in Rwanda. Association with P-Value<0.05% was considered significant. , OR, CI for determine association between independent and outcome of study.. Results : The results showed that study participants those who was started having sexual intercourse at ages under 14 and 15-19 years old are statistically significant means that there is negative association means that having this age is protecting to be pregnancy 15-19 (pv= 0.006. CI at 95% = 0.012. ,0.69 OR= 0.29 and <14 (OR=0,07 CI at 95% =0.01,0,27 , p.v= 0.000). and Teen pregnancy was significantly statically associated with teen pregnancies compared to those who Currently living with a partners with PV=0.000 and living in Eastern province is also statistically significant compared to others province. Conclusion: Recent sexual active and early sexual is associate to teen pregnancies, living in eastern province and currently not living with partner has association with teen pregnancy. Furthermore, study participants who started having sexual intercourse at ages under 14 years old there is negative association means that having this age is protective to be pregnancy compared to this age.