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PROPORTION AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF UNINTENDED PREGNANCY AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN DEBREBREHAN,NORTH SHOWA ZONE,AMHARA,ETHIOPIA,2014
KIDEST GETU
Introduction: unintended pregnancy is a cause for many maternal and child illness and
death. Besides, it’s bad complication; it is an obstacle to country development and
decrease quality of individual life. According to Ethiopian demographic health survey
2011, 29% of pregnancies in Ethiopia are unintended. Unlike to this, there is no parallel
data or known proportion and factors in the study area.
Objective: The main objective of this study is to assess the proportion and associated
factors of unintended pregnancy in Debrebrehan,north Showa zone,Amhara, Ethiopia in
2014.
Method: A community based cross sectional study was conducted in Debrebrehan rural
and urban Kebelesfrom July 1-30, 2014.Stratified cluster sampling technique was
employed to recruit a total of 697 pregnant mothers. Data was collected by interviewer
administered pretested and semi structured questionnaire.SPSS version 20 was used
for data analysis andbinary and multiple logistic regression was applied. Odds ratio at
the confidence level of 95% and P- value < 0.05 were considered as a significant.
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- March 1, 2015
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