Talukder Ashis, Khan Zahidul Islam, Khatun Fatheha, Tahmida Shafia
Statistics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, 9208, Bangladesh.
Heliyon. 2021 Mar 23;7(3):e06547. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06547. eCollection 2021 Mar.
The objective of this study was to explore the risk factors that can determine the age of mother at first birth in Albania. The necessary information was extracted from a nationally representative sample survey, Albania Demographic and Health Survey, 2017-18 dataset. To identify the possible risk factors of the age of mother at first birth, we applied quantile regression model. The mean age of mother at first birth was found to be 22.38 years with standard deviation of 3.56 years. The minimum and maximum age was reported 15 and 45 years, respectively. From the result of quantile regression, respondent's current age, education level and partner's higher education level were found positive impact on age of the mother at first birth. However, rural area, partner's age and smoking status found negative impact on age of the mother at first birth. This study suggests that women's education should be more prioritized because it can interfere with the idea of early marriage. Awareness can also be raised by social activities since the improvement of social conditions and reduction of social deprivation can increase the age of mother at first birth.
本研究的目的是探究能够决定阿尔巴尼亚首次生育时母亲年龄的风险因素。必要信息取自具有全国代表性的样本调查——《2017 - 18年阿尔巴尼亚人口与健康调查》数据集。为确定首次生育时母亲年龄的可能风险因素，我们应用了分位数回归模型。首次生育时母亲的平均年龄为22.38岁，标准差为3.56岁。首次生育时母亲的最小年龄和最大年龄分别报告为15岁和45岁。从分位数回归结果来看，受访者的当前年龄、教育水平以及伴侣的高等教育水平对首次生育时母亲的年龄有积极影响。然而，农村地区、伴侣年龄和吸烟状况对首次生育时母亲的年龄有负面影响。本研究表明，应更加优先考虑女性教育，因为它可以影响早婚观念。社会活动也可以提高人们的认识，因为社会条件的改善和社会剥夺的减少可以提高首次生育时母亲的年龄。
