Prevalence and Associated Factors of Unplanned Pregnancy among Antenatal Care Attending Women at Selected Health Centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2021-09
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Unplanned pregnancy is a pregnancy which is reported to have either unwanted
(the pregnancy occurred when no children, or no more children were desired) or mistimed
(the pregnancy occurred earlier than desired). Itis a public health concern; globally it
accounts 40% of all pregnancies. Every year, around 1.9 million Ethiopian women have an
unplanned pregnancy.
Objective:Thus, the general objective of this study is to examine the prevalence of unplanned
pregnancy and its associated factors in Addis Ababa, at selected health centres. In line with
this, the study specifically tries to assess the prevalence of unplanned pregnancy, examine the
association between unplanned pregnancy and the associated factors.
Methodology:An institutional based cross-sectionalstudywasused.To do so, 397 questionnaires
were distributed to sampled populations after determining the sample size. The sample size
was allocated proportionally to the selected health centres based on average number of
pregnant following antenatal care. All pregnant women in antenatal care clinic who met
inclusion criteria were recruited for the study. And the collection rate of the questionnaire
was 100 percent. Data were analysed using SPSS version 25. Bivariate analysis and
multivariate logistic regressions were carried out to determine the effect of independent
factors on unplanned pregnancy.
Results: The prevalence of unplanned pregnancy is 28.7 % per total number of pregnant who
follows antenatal care clinic of Addis Ababa city selected public health institutions. The
major findings of this study showed that the magnitude of unplanned pregnancy was high.
Marital status, age at first pregnancy, occupation, life time number of partners and ever use
contraceptiveswas statistically associated with an unplanned pregnancy. There is seeming
necessity to plan strategies of communication within couples or individuals on reproductive
health especially on fertility and promote family planning methods.
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Unplanned pregnancy, reproductive behaviour, antenatal care