Pregnancy History and Associated Factors Among Hawassa University Regular Undergraduate Female Students, Southern Ethiopia

• DOI: 10.11648/j.ajlm.20200503.13
• Publication Date: 2020-09-25T08:01:30Z
• Authors: Yohannes Fikadu Geda; Melese Siyoum Desta; Walellign Animut ...
• Keywords: Cross-sectional study

<i>Introduction</i>: Global incidence of pregnancies among University students is increasing; and challenging in Universities Ethiopia. There are a few studies on pregnancy experiences university The finding will be used by policy makers, additive the existing knowledge as reference for future researchers. <i>Objective</i>: To assess magnitude associated factors Hawassa regular female from May 1-15, 2019. <i>Methods</i>: Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted 2019 741 participants were selected using multistage sampling method undergraduate students. EPidata entry SPSS analysis used. Variables with p <0.25 bivariate multivariable p<0.05 considered significant. <i>Result</i>: Magnitude experience 98 (13.2%) (95% CI: 10.8, 15.7). Collage Agriculture 3.76 (AOR= 3.76, 95% 1.66, 8.50), Social Science Humanity 2.63 2.63, 1.02, 6.81), Natural Computational science 3.41 3.41, 1.54, 7.54) times more likely to have compared college Medicine Health sciences. Married respondents 2.39 (AOR=2.39, 95%CI: who not married. Respondents source income parent 47% (AOR=0.53, 0.29, 0.96) less whose partner. history contraceptive 75% (AOR=0.25, 0.14, 0.44) pregnancy. <i>Conclusion</i>: high other studies. Being non health colleges, married status, partner having usage statistically significant Non colleges' needs evaluated about their SRH information flow university.