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| Title |
Modern contraceptive use among women of reproductive age in Ghana: analysis of the 2003–2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys
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| Published in |
BMC Women's Health, August 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12905-018-0634-9 |
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| Authors |
Philomina Akadity Aviisah, Samuel Dery, Benedicta Kafui Atsu, Alfred Yawson, Refah M. Alotaibi, Hoda Ragab Rezk, Chris Guure |
| Abstract |
Contraceptives are used in family planning to space or limit pregnancies and are categorized into modern and traditional methods. The modern methods have been proven to be more scientifically effective at preventing unwanted pregnancies than the traditional methods. With data from three (3)-different Demographic and Health Surveys, the aim of this study is to assess the trends and identify factors that consistently influence modern contraceptives' use among women of the reproductive age group in Ghana. The study used secondary data from the 2003, 2008, and 2014 Ghana Demographic Health Surveys (GDHS). The trends of determinants of modern contraceptives use among women of reproductive age in Ghana were determined. A bivariate approach was used to select significant predictors. The Cox proportional hazards model analysis was employed via a multilevel modelling approach. Out of the total respondents of 2229, 2356, and 4469, 18.75%, 15.75% and 21.53% were modern contraceptives users for 2003, 2008 and 2014 respectively. The multiple cox proportional hazards model analysis identified place of residence and the educational level of a woman as strong predictors of modern contraceptives use in Ghana. Modern contraceptive use is increasing among rural residence. Women who are in formal occupations (professional, clerical, services) are more likely to use modern contraceptives than their colleagues in less formal occupations (manual, agricultural, sales). This study highlights the trends of determinants on modern contraceptive use in Ghana from 2003 to 2014. The most persistent determinants of modern contraceptive use in Ghana during this time period are place of residence and a woman's educational level. Women working in Agriculture and Sales are the least users of modern contraceptives in Ghana over the period. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 497 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 89 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 61 | 12% |
| Lecturer | 30 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 25 | 5% |
| Researcher | 23 | 5% |
| Other | 44 | 9% |
| Unknown | 225 | 45% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 110 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 59 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 33 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 6 | 1% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 1% |
| Other | 45 | 9% |
| Unknown | 238 | 48% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 August 2018.
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#5,832,182
of 23,100,534 outputs
Outputs from BMC Women's Health
#591
of 1,862 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#100,768
of 333,688 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Women's Health
#29
of 42 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,100,534 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 74th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,862 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.8. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 65% of its peers.
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