Center for Population and Development, Institute of Population Studies, Mekelle University, P.O. Box 231, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
Center for Population and Development, Institute of Population Studies, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020 Jul 29;20(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00235-x.
Birth registration establishes the existence of a child under law and provides the foundation for ensuring many of his/her rights. Despite its significance, a continuous, effective and comprehensive birth registration system has not been established in Ethiopia until the recent past. This paper examines the status of child's birth registration and its associated factors in selected districts of Tigray Region, Ethiopia.
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April to May 2018 among 383 randomly selected mothers who had given birth to at least one child since August 2016. A structured questionnaire was used to gather the quantitative data. Qualitative data were collected using key informant interviews and focus group discussions. To analyze the data, SPSS version 20 was used. Logistic regression analysis was employed to assess the association between dependent and independent variables.
Findings reveal that significant number of the respondents did not have knowhow about birth registration and its uses. As a result, only 117(30%) of them registered the birth of their children and secured certificates. Inaccessibility of the registrar offices, lack of relevant manpower and political will of the government were reported as major reasons for such a gap. Mother's education was identified to be positively associated with the likelihood of a child being registered. Children born from mothers living in urban areas were found more likely to be registered compared to their rural counterpart [AOR = 1.46, 95% CI = 0.76, 2.76]. In light of Religion, children from the Muslim community had better opportunity for birth registration and owning birth certificate compared to children from Orthodox Christian parents. Compared to those who have possessed own birth certificates, the likelihood of mothers who did not possess own birth certificates to register the birth of their children was found lower by the factor of 86% [AOR = 0.14, 95%CI = 0.07, 0.26].
Birth registration of a child and subsequent issuance of certificate should be pursued as a right issue. To make this a reality, extensive awareness raising programs that underscore the need for a birth registration and its significance for rural communities is needless to say critical.
出生登记在法律上确立了儿童的存在，并为确保其许多权利提供了基础。尽管出生登记意义重大，但直到最近，埃塞俄比亚仍未建立持续、有效和全面的出生登记制度。本文研究了提格雷地区选定地区儿童出生登记及其相关因素的现状。
2018 年 4 月至 5 月期间，对 2016 年 8 月以来至少生育过一名子女的 383 名随机母亲进行了一项基于社区的横断面研究。使用结构化问卷收集定量数据。使用关键知情人访谈和焦点小组讨论收集定性数据。使用 SPSS 版本 20 分析数据。采用逻辑回归分析评估因变量和自变量之间的关系。
研究结果显示，相当数量的受访者不了解出生登记及其用途。因此，只有 117 人（30%）为其子女办理了出生登记并获得了证书。登记处办公地点难以到达、缺乏相关人力以及政府缺乏政治意愿被报告为造成这种差距的主要原因。母亲的教育被认为与子女登记的可能性呈正相关。与农村地区的母亲相比，居住在城市地区的母亲的子女更有可能进行登记[优势比（AOR）= 1.46，95%置信区间（CI）= 0.76，2.76]。就宗教而言，与东正教父母的子女相比，穆斯林社区的子女更有机会进行出生登记并拥有出生证明。与那些拥有自己出生证明的母亲相比，没有出生证明的母亲为子女登记出生的可能性要低 86%[AOR=0.14，95%CI=0.07，0.26]。
应将儿童的出生登记和随后颁发证书视为一项权利问题。为了实现这一目标，必须开展广泛的提高认识方案，强调出生登记的必要性及其对农村社区的重要性。
