The aim of the paper is to to investigate the geographical and socioeconomic determinants of both teenage pregnancies and maternal health behaviours among adolescent women in Kenya. We firstly introduce a descriptive analysis aiming at presenting the main trends in fertility and reproductive health behaviour of Kenyan women as emerging from the 2003 and 2008-09 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys (KDHS). Secondly, we study childhood among younger women as emerging from 2003 KDHS.
Adolescent childbearing experiences in Kenya: geographical and socioeconomic determinants
ANGELI, AURORA;MAZZOCCHETTI, ANGELINA;PEZZULO, CARLA;RETTAROLI, ROSELLA
2010
Abstract
The aim of the paper is to to investigate the geographical and socioeconomic determinants of both teenage pregnancies and maternal health behaviours among adolescent women in Kenya. We firstly introduce a descriptive analysis aiming at presenting the main trends in fertility and reproductive health behaviour of Kenyan women as emerging from the 2003 and 2008-09 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys (KDHS). Secondly, we study childhood among younger women as emerging from 2003 KDHS.File in questo prodotto:
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