TY - JOUR AU - Yaya, Sanni AU - Zegeye, Betregiorgis AU - Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku AU - Oladimeji, Kelechi Elizabeth AU - Shibre, Gebretsadik PY - 2020 DA - 2020/10/14 TI - Inequality in fertility rate among adolescents: evidence from Timor-Leste demographic and health surveys 2009–2016 JO - Archives of Public Health SP - 98 VL - 78 IS - 1 AB - Despite a decline in global adolescent birth rate, many countries in South East Asia still experience a slower pace decline in adolescent birth rates. Timor-Leste is one of the countries in the region with the highest adolescent birth rate and huge disparities between socio-economic subgroups. Hence, this study assessed the magnitude and trends in adolescent fertility rates within different socio-demographic subgroups in Timor-Leste. SN - 2049-3258 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-020-00484-1 DO - 10.1186/s13690-020-00484-1 ID - Yaya2020 ER -