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Impact of Exposure to Mass Media on Utilization Modern Contraceptive Among Adolescent Married Women in Ethiopia: Evidence from EDHS 2016
16 Pages Posted: 26 Jan 2021
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Introduction: Adolescent are high risk of unwanted pregnancy related to pregnancy is preventable. This complication can be preventing by use of family planning method because of lack of information about contraceptive.
Objective: This study was investigated mass media impact on use of modern contraceptive among adolescent in Ethiopia, 2016 E.C.
Methods: This study conducted based on EDHS 2016 data which was cross-sectional study design. Sample size for this study was 588 adolescent married women that completed interview in EDHS2016. Mass media impact on modern contraceptive use were analyzed using propensity score matching. Recursive biprobit probit model used to determine factor associated with mass media exposure on modern contraceptive utilization.
Result: In Ethiopia about 31.8% of adolescent married women currently use modern contraceptive. Expose to family planning message has 16.8%, 13.2%, 17% and 21.9% point higher modern contraceptive use than unexposed to mass media message. In this study significant factor affect modern contraceptive use include residence, wealth index, radio message, exposed to TV message, magazine message and exposure to mass media message family planning.
Conclusions: This study shows magnitude of contraceptive utilization was low and it might be due to lack of information about family planning.
Funding Statement: This work has no received any funding.
Declaration of Interests: None of these authors have conflict of interest.
Ethics Approval Statement: Informed consent was taken from the participant prior to study by measure DHS. Ethical approval obtains from DHS measure I upon request. The study further approves by Dessie health Science College after submitting proposal to IRB and it approved with ID number of 0525/12.
Keywords: Contraceptive, Ethiopia, recursive biprobit probit, adolescent married women
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