Abstract:
Background: The proportion of births that take place during adolescence is about 2%
in China, 18% in Latin America and the Caribbean and more than 50% in sub-Saharan
Africa. Teenage pregnancy was associated with a significantly higher risk of pregnancy
induced hypertation, pre-eclamsia, eclamsia, premature onset of labor, fetal deaths and
premature delivery. Increased neonatal mortality and morbidity were also seen in babies
delivered to teenage mothers. Younger teenager group was most vulnerable to adverse
obstetrics and neonatal outcomes.
Objectives: To assess the prevalence and associated factors of teenage pregnancy in
wogedi, Northeast, Ethiopia, 2017.
Methods: Community based cross-sectional study design was carried out among 514
teenagers in wogedi, northeast, Ethiopia from April to May 2017.Data were collected
using closed-ended questionnaires. The collected data were entered in to Epi-info
version 7.1 and analyzed by using SPSS version 20.
Results: the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in wogedi was 28.6% (CI: 24.9, 32.5).
Age (AOR=2.13; 95% CI: 1.55, 2.88), working as a farmer (AOR=3.52; 95%CI: 1.10,
11.21) and not using contraceptive (AOR=10.67; 95% CI: 5.31, 21.32) were found to
have statistically significant association with teenage pregnancy.
Conclusion and recommendation: teenage pregnancy was high in wogedi as
compared to EDHS 2016 reports and the contributing factors were age, working as a
farmer and not using of contraceptives. The use of contraceptives and delaying
marriage need to be encouraged.
Key words: teenage pregnancy,contraceptive use and unwanted pregnancy.
