Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health : Childbearing

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) is one of five areas of focus of the World Banks Reproductive Health Action Plan 2010 - 2015 (RHAP), which recognizes the importance of addressing ASRH as a development issue with important implicati...

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Main Authors: Yarger, Jennifer, Lara, Diana, Decker, Mara, Brindis, Claire
Format: Brief
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23915591/socioeconomic-differences-adolescent-sexual-reproductive-health-childbearing
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spelling okr-10986-225882021-04-23T14:04:09Z Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health : Childbearing Yarger, Jennifer Lara, Diana Decker, Mara Brindis, Claire ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT CHILDBEARING ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ADOLESCENT HEALTH ADOLESCENT MOTHERS ADOLESCENT WOMEN ADOLESCENT YEARS AVAILABILITY OF FAMILY PLANNING BIRTHS CHILDBEARING CHILDBIRTH DISEASES EARLY CHILDBEARING EARLY MARRIAGE EARLY PREGNANCY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FEMALE FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FIRST BIRTH FISTULA GLOBAL HEALTH GYNAECOLOGY HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH STATUS IMPLICATIONS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION INFECTIONS INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION INTIMATE PARTNER INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALNUTRITION MARITAL STATUS MARRIED ADOLESCENT WOMEN MARRIED ADOLESCENTS MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY IN ADOLESCENTS MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOS MOTHER NUTRITION OBSTETRICS POLICY DIALOGUE POOR HEALTH POPULATION KNOWLEDGE PREGNANCY PRENATAL CARE PRETERM DELIVERY PRIMARY EDUCATION PROVISION OF SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL RESIDENCE SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCES SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES URBAN AREAS VIOLENCE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG ADOLESCENTS YOUNG COUPLES Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) is one of five areas of focus of the World Banks Reproductive Health Action Plan 2010 - 2015 (RHAP), which recognizes the importance of addressing ASRH as a development issue with important implications for poverty reduction. Delaying childbearing and preventing unplanned pregnancies during adolescence has been shown to improve health outcomes and increase opportunities for schooling, future employment, and earnings (Greene and Merrick, 2005). Delaying childbearing and preventing unplanned pregnancies improves health outcomes and increases opportunities for schooling, future employment, and earnings. A couple of key messages were relayed in this brief. An analysis of data from six countries showed that adolescent childbearing is closely tied to marital status. Around half (ranging from 42 percent in Nepal to 55 percent in Nigeria) of ever-married adolescent women have given birth. In comparison, non-marital adolescent childbearing is rare in all countries studied. In Bangladesh and Burkina Faso, childbearing among ever-married adolescent women is positively associated with rural residence, less wealth, and less education. 2015-09-11T18:29:39Z 2015-09-11T18:29:39Z 2015-01 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23915591/socioeconomic-differences-adolescent-sexual-reproductive-health-childbearing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22588 English en_US Health, nutrition and population global practice knowledge brief; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
ADOLESCENCE
ADOLESCENT
ADOLESCENT CHILDBEARING
ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
ADOLESCENT HEALTH
ADOLESCENT MOTHERS
ADOLESCENT WOMEN
ADOLESCENT YEARS
AVAILABILITY OF FAMILY PLANNING
BIRTHS
CHILDBEARING
CHILDBIRTH
DISEASES
EARLY CHILDBEARING
EARLY MARRIAGE
EARLY PREGNANCY
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
FAMILIES
FAMILY PLANNING
FEMALE
FERTILITY RATE
FERTILITY RATES
FIRST BIRTH
FISTULA
GLOBAL HEALTH
GYNAECOLOGY
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH STATUS
IMPLICATIONS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION
INFECTIONS
INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION
INTIMATE PARTNER
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
MALNUTRITION
MARITAL STATUS
MARRIED ADOLESCENT WOMEN
MARRIED ADOLESCENTS
MARRIED WOMEN
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY IN ADOLESCENTS
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOS
MOTHER
NUTRITION
OBSTETRICS
POLICY DIALOGUE
POOR HEALTH
POPULATION KNOWLEDGE
PREGNANCY
PRENATAL CARE
PRETERM DELIVERY
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PROVISION OF SERVICES
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL RESIDENCE
SOCIAL EXCLUSION
SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCES
SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS
UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES
URBAN AREAS
VIOLENCE
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG ADOLESCENTS
YOUNG COUPLES
spellingShingle ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
ADOLESCENCE
ADOLESCENT
ADOLESCENT CHILDBEARING
ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
ADOLESCENT HEALTH
ADOLESCENT MOTHERS
ADOLESCENT WOMEN
ADOLESCENT YEARS
AVAILABILITY OF FAMILY PLANNING
BIRTHS
CHILDBEARING
CHILDBIRTH
DISEASES
EARLY CHILDBEARING
EARLY MARRIAGE
EARLY PREGNANCY
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
FAMILIES
FAMILY PLANNING
FEMALE
FERTILITY RATE
FERTILITY RATES
FIRST BIRTH
FISTULA
GLOBAL HEALTH
GYNAECOLOGY
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH STATUS
IMPLICATIONS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION
INFECTIONS
INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION
INTIMATE PARTNER
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
MALNUTRITION
MARITAL STATUS
MARRIED ADOLESCENT WOMEN
MARRIED ADOLESCENTS
MARRIED WOMEN
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY IN ADOLESCENTS
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOS
MOTHER
NUTRITION
OBSTETRICS
POLICY DIALOGUE
POOR HEALTH
POPULATION KNOWLEDGE
PREGNANCY
PRENATAL CARE
PRETERM DELIVERY
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PROVISION OF SERVICES
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL RESIDENCE
SOCIAL EXCLUSION
SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCES
SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS
UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES
URBAN AREAS
VIOLENCE
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG ADOLESCENTS
YOUNG COUPLES
Yarger, Jennifer
Lara, Diana
Decker, Mara
Brindis, Claire
Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health : Childbearing
relation Health, nutrition and population global practice knowledge brief;
description Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) is one of five areas of focus of the World Banks Reproductive Health Action Plan 2010 - 2015 (RHAP), which recognizes the importance of addressing ASRH as a development issue with important implications for poverty reduction. Delaying childbearing and preventing unplanned pregnancies during adolescence has been shown to improve health outcomes and increase opportunities for schooling, future employment, and earnings (Greene and Merrick, 2005). Delaying childbearing and preventing unplanned pregnancies improves health outcomes and increases opportunities for schooling, future employment, and earnings. A couple of key messages were relayed in this brief. An analysis of data from six countries showed that adolescent childbearing is closely tied to marital status. Around half (ranging from 42 percent in Nepal to 55 percent in Nigeria) of ever-married adolescent women have given birth. In comparison, non-marital adolescent childbearing is rare in all countries studied. In Bangladesh and Burkina Faso, childbearing among ever-married adolescent women is positively associated with rural residence, less wealth, and less education.
format Brief
author Yarger, Jennifer
Lara, Diana
Decker, Mara
Brindis, Claire
author_facet Yarger, Jennifer
Lara, Diana
Decker, Mara
Brindis, Claire
author_sort Yarger, Jennifer
title Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health : Childbearing
title_short Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health : Childbearing
title_full Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health : Childbearing
title_fullStr Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health : Childbearing
title_full_unstemmed Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health : Childbearing
title_sort socioeconomic differences in adolescent sexual and reproductive health : childbearing
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23915591/socioeconomic-differences-adolescent-sexual-reproductive-health-childbearing
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