Suboptimal birth spacing practice and its predictors among reproductive-age women in Sub-Saharan African countries: a multilevel mixed-effects modeling with robust Poisson regression

Suboptimal birth spacing practice and its predictors among reproductive-age women in Sub-Saharan African countries: a multilevel mixed-effects modeling with robust Poisson regression

Abstract Background Despite the availability of exempted family planning services, a significant proportion of women in African countries continue to experience inadequately spaced pregnancies. To the authors’ knowledge, evidence of suboptimal birth intervals at the SSA level is lacking and previous...

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Main Authors: Kusse Urmale Mare, Kebede Gemeda Sabo, Ahmed Adem Mohammed, Simeon Meskele Leyto, Getahun Fentaw Mulaw, Tsion Mulat Tebeje, Setognal Birara Aychiluhm, Oumer Abdulkadir Ebrahim, Abel Gebre Wuneh, Beminate Lemma Seifu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-09-01
Series:Reproductive Health
Subjects:
Multilevel modeling
Reproductive-age women
Predictors
Robust Poisson regression
Suboptimal birth spacing
Sub-Saharan Africa
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-023-01678-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-023-01678-w

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