Correlates of Children Ever Born Among Women of Reproductive Ages in Ethiopia: Evidences from the 2019 Mini Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey
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2022-07-25
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Addis Ababa University
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Ethiopia's total fertility rate reduces slightly from 4.6 in 2016 to 4.15 in 2019 with an average annual decline rate 0.15 per women. This trend still demands to find the factors that may currently affect the currently fertility rate in Ethiopia due to still high rate of fertility and population growth. Children ever born, for this study, is the total number of children born by a woman (both alive and dead) and reported during the data collection period. The study on fertility is significant as the actual fertility depends on women current fertility level. However, there is limited study conducted about children ever born in Ethiopia so far. As a result this study is necessitated to be conducted. The objective of the study to study is to examine the key factor that affecting fertility in Ethiopia based on the EDHS data on women of reproductive ages. The survey was conducted using a multistage stratified cluster sampling method that covers all the 9 regions and 2 city administration of Ethiopia. A cross sectional study design was used to conduct the research. The analysis process was conducted by negative binomial regression model, by using this model current age of women, marital status, educational attainment, place of usual residence, wealth index, contraceptive usage and its knowledge was found to have higher significant predictor of current fertility level of women. Unexpected result such as child sex deference, daughter loss experience and duration of marriage of mothers was not found any association with the children ever born. Factors which were found to have statistical effect on the dependent variable needs receive attention by concerned bodies to make women to reduce their current fertility level reasonably. So in conclusion Ethiopia still need to take necessary step to control sustainably the current fertility level by making proper policy on the factors found in this study.
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Children ever born, Fertility, Logistic regression, Reproductive age women, Correlation, Ethiopia