Using Total Cohort Fertility in Adolescence

Girls aged 10-19 currently represent 12% of Niger's population (2020). And this number continues to grow as the fertility rate is higher while mortality is declining faster. Using Niger's demographic and health surveys carried out between 1992 and 2012, the study investigated adolescent fe...

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Published in:African journal of reproductive health 2024-02, Vol.28 (2), p.13
Main Author: Ouedraogo, Adama
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Health aspects
Health surveys
Infants
Patient outcomes
Sexual behavior
Surveys
Urbanization
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Summary:Girls aged 10-19 currently represent 12% of Niger's population (2020). And this number continues to grow as the fertility rate is higher while mortality is declining faster. Using Niger's demographic and health surveys carried out between 1992 and 2012, the study investigated adolescent fertility, its trends and associated factors. It mobilised descriptive methods (Total cohort fertility in adolescence (TCFA) computation, distribution of the number of adolescent births, and computation of adolescent cohort childbearing mean age) and multivariate Logistic and Poisson models. The result shows the TCFA went from 1.29 in 1992 to 1.17 in 2012. Early sexual intercourse and marriage, infant mortality, the desire for a large family, and urbanisation are among the factors significantly associated with adolescent fertility in Niger. The study concludes that the high level of adolescent fertility in Niger does not seem to be changing. (Afr J Reprod Health 2024; 28 [2]: 13-30). Keywords: Adolescent cohort fertility, mean age at adolescent childbearing, fertility trends, early fertility factors, demographic and health surveys, Niger Les adolescentes representent 12 % de la population Nigerienne (2020). Ce chiffre continue de croitre car la fecondite reste elevee alors que la mortalite diminue rapidement. Utilisant les enquetes demographiques et de sante du Niger entre 1992 et 2012, cette etude s'est interessee aux tendances et facteurs de la descendance finale a l'adolescence (DFA). Elle a mobilise des methodes descriptives (calcul de la DFA, distribution du nombre de naissances adolescentes, calcul de l'age moyen a la maternite adolescente) et des modeles multivaries de regression logistique et de Poisson. Les resultats montrent que la DFA est passee de 1,29 en 1992 a 1,17 en 2012. Les rapports sexuels et le mariage precoces, la mortalite infantile, le desir d'une famille nombreuse et l'urbanisation sont parmi les facteurs significativement associes a la fecondite adolescente au Niger. L'etude conclut que le niveau eleve de la fecondite des adolescentes au Niger ne semble pas evoluer. (Afr J Reprod Health 2024; 28 [2]: 13-30). Mots-cles: Descendance finale adolescente, Age moyen a la maternite des adolescentes, Tendances de fecondite, Facteurs de fecondite precoce, Enquetes demographiques et de sante, Niger
ISSN:1118-4841