Trends and inequities in adolescent childbearing in Latin American and Caribbean countries across generations and over time: a population-based study.

1 , 7 Data from household surveys indicated that only three of nine LAC countries analysed in one study presented a decreasing trend in adolescent motherhood (measured as women aged between 15 and 19 years who either had a livebirth or were pregnant at the time of the survey) between 1990 and 2018. 9 Poverty and lack of economic opportunities are associated with teenage pregnancy and early motherhood, but few studies on adolescent childbearing address within-country inequalities by comparing population subgroups.

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