Patterns and Differentials of Age at First Motherhood Among Married Adolescents in Bangladesh

Md. Abdul Karim; Mohammad Omar Faruk

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Patterns and Differentials of Age at First Motherhood Among Married Adolescents in Bangladesh

Md. Abdul Karim, Mohammad Omar Faruk

Published in Biomedical Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 3)

Received: 5 August 2021 Accepted: 18 September 2021 Published: 23 September 2021

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Background: The focal point of this study is to investigate the current scenario of age at first motherhood among ever married adolescents in Bangladesh because early initiation into childbearing is generally the most important determinant of reproductive span, large family size, and population growth. Methods: The study uses the 2017-18 nationally representative Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) data. In addition to the descriptive measures, Pearson’s Chi-square test and binary logistic regression analysis are employed to determine the significant association and impact of explanatory variables on age at adolescent first motherhood, respectively. Results: The overall mean age at adolescents’ first motherhood is 16.34±1.45 years, with marked variations by available explanatory variables. The bivariate analysis shows that the variables: current age, respondents’ education, place of residence, access to mass media, wealth index, age at first cohabitation, continue studies after marriage, spousal age difference, education, and occupation of husbands are significantly associated with age at adolescents’ motherhood. Multivariate binary logistic regression reveals that current age, respondents’ education, wealth index, age at first cohabitation, spousal age gap, and husbands’ occupation significantly impact the age at first motherhood among adolescents in Bangladesh. Conclusions: This study’s results will be helpful for the policymakers to take necessary steps to increase the age at first cohabitation to raise the age of adolescent first motherhood by increasing the literacy rate, minimizing the spousal age difference, and improving the socio-economic conditions for good reproductive health, and further reducing fertility in Bangladesh.

Published in	Biomedical Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.bs.20210703.15
Page(s)	86-94
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Teenage, Adolescent, Cohabitation, Body Mass Index, Binary Logistic Regression

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Md. Abdul Karim

Department of Statistics, University of Chittagong, Chattogram, Bangladesh
Mohammad Omar Faruk

Department of Statistics, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh

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