Important Determinants of Sexual and Reproductive Health of Female Adolescent and Youth in Ghana
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2015-09-25
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Abstract
This study documents key indicators of sexual and reproductive health among
female adolescent and youth age between 15-24 in Ghana and examine factors
a ecting them. This study aimed at the following objectives: examine the associ-
ation between various socio-economic characteristics and key indicators of female
adolescent childbearing. The application of logistic regression on the use of con-
traception on Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS), 2008 data was
used for the analysis. Multiple logistic regression was the main statistical tool
employed through this study. In our ndings, women's educational level had a
strong in
uence on the odds of adolescent childbirth. The adjusted odds of begin-
ning child bearing before age 20 are roughly 54 percent lower among women who
have primary education compared with women with secondary education. This
study also shows low rates of ever use contraceptives among female adolescent
and youth in Ghana with the key indicator of sexual and reproductive health of
female adolescent and youth vary substantially among adolescent according to
their background characteristics. The main determinants that in
uence adoles-
cent and youth to ever use contraceptives were discovered to be educational level,
ethnic group, recent sexual activity and wealth index which were found to be
signi cant by the wald test statistics indicate signi cant. Signi cant determinant
such as adolescent and youth level of education, recent sexual activity and wealth
index should be considered as determinant that contribute to early childbearing
in Ghana.
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A Thesis submitted to the Department of Mathematics,Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree
of M.Phil Mathematical Statistics.