Open AccessDeterminants of Sub-Optimal Birth Spacing in Gedeo Zone, South Ethiopia: A Case–Control Study
Author(s) -
Abebaw Abeje,
Zemenu Yohannes Kassa,
Melese Siyoum,
Achamyelesh Gebretsadik,
Yewlsew Woldeyes,
Zelalem Tenaw
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of women's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1179-1411
DOI - 10.2147/ijwh.s252516
Subject(s) - demography , geography , sociology
Birth spacing is key in ensuring the health of mothers and their children as well as determining population growth. Most of the mothers in developing nations including Ethiopia have been practicing short inter-birth intervals. There is a paucity of studies concerned with suboptimal birth spacing among women in reproductive age in the study area.