dc.creatorSintonen, Heidi
dc.creatorBonilla Carrión, Róger Enrique
dc.creatorAshorn, Per
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-29T19:44:03Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-20T00:10:12Z
dc.date.available2020-04-29T19:44:03Z
dc.date.available2022-10-20T00:10:12Z
dc.date.created2020-04-29T19:44:03Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifierhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10903-011-9570-6
dc.identifier1557-1920
dc.identifier1557-1912
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10669/80959
dc.identifier10.1007/s10903-011-9570-6
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/4530012
dc.description.abstractThis study describes the dynamics of adolescent childbearing of Nicaraguan-born and Costa Rican-born adolescents in Costa Rica and examines the association between socio-demographic factors and adolescent childbearing in the country. We studied Nicaraguan-born and Costa Rican adolescents using the data of the 2000 Census. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the association between country of origin and adolescent childbearing, while controlling for socio-demographic factors (age, education, union, urbanization and poverty). 26% of Nicaraguan-born migrants and 9.5% of Costa Ricans had given birth during adolescence. The migrants’ increased odds of pregnancy decreased from 3.34 (CI 3.21, 3.48) to 1.88 (CI 1.79, 1.97) when controlling for socio-demographic factors. Age, low educational attainment, urban residence, poverty and union were all significant predictors of adolescent pregnancy. Nicaraguan-born status is associated with adolescent childbearing in Costa Rica. Further research is needed to understand what factors, other than socio-demographic indicators, contribute to the differing prevalence of adolescent childbearing in Costa Rica.
dc.languageen_US
dc.sourceJournal of Immigrant and Minority Health, vol.15(1), pp.111-118.
dc.subjectCosta Rica/epidemiology
dc.subjectNicaragua/epidemiology
dc.subjectAdolescent pregnancy
dc.subjectAdolescent childbearing
dc.subjectImmigration
dc.subjectPregnancy
dc.subjectMigrant
dc.titleNicaraguan migration and the prevalence of adolescent childbearing in Costa Rica
dc.typeartículo científico


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