Unintended pregnancy accounts
for more than 40% of the total pregnancies worldwide. An Unintended pregnancy
can have serious implications on women and their families. With more than
one-fourth of the children in India born out of unintended pregnancies such
pregnancies are considered to be one of the major public health concerns today.
The present study is aimed at determining major predictors of unintended
pregnancy among currently pregnant ever-married women in India. The present
study has used National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data, conducted by the
International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, to show the
trend, pattern and determinants of mistimed and unwanted pregnancies. Bivariate
and multinomial logistic regression model have been used with the help of Stata
13 software.
The results show that the likelihood of a mistimed pregnancy is
more prevalent among young women whereas the prevalence of unwanted pregnancy
is observed more among the women aged 35 years or more. The results also show
that the risk of experiencing mistimed pregnancy decreases if the woman belongs
to 'other' castes and has higher education. The likelihood of unwanted
pregnancy decreases among married women aged 18 years and above, those women
having higher education, some autonomy and access to any mode of mass
communication.
Knowledge of these predictors of mistimed and unwanted pregnancy
will be helpful in identifying the most vulnerable group and prioritize the
intervention strategies of the reproductive health programmes for the
population in need.
Below: Trend of pregnancy intention among currently pregnant married women
Full article at:
- 1Department of Fertility Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India.
- 2School of Social Sciences, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.
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