title: Unintended pregnancy in Egypt: evidence from the national study on women giving birth in 1999.
abstract: The current study aimed to estimate the prevalence and correlates of unintended pregnancy among ever-married women. The study sample was 2349 ever-married women aged 15-49 years who gave birth in 1999. Unintended pregnancy was defined as unwanted and mistimed pregnancies. Of these, 431 (18.5%) women reported unintended pregnancy: 137 were mistimed (5.9%) and 294 were unwanted (12.6%). Women of older age, living in frontier governorates, with poor knowledge of the ovulatory cycle, having a more than ideal family size, using contraceptive methods and having 4 or more children were at increased odds of reporting unintended pregnancies. Fewer antenatal care visits and low child weight at birth were significantly associated with unintended pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Liver Unit, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Shaheen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diaaeldin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chaaya
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: El Roueiheb
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001723:Birth Rate; D003267:Contraception / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004534:Egypt; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008423:Maternal Age; D008429:Maternal Welfare / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D049168:Pregnancy, Unplanned / Q000523:psychology; D011275:Pregnancy, Unwanted / Q000523:psychology; D015995:Prevalence; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires