Abstract
Background
Alcohol consumption during pregnancy is a known contributor to teratogen and causes a range of effects on pregnancy and birth outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the spatial variation and determinants of alcohol consumption among pregnant women in Ethiopia.
Methods
A secondary data analysis was conducted using the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey data. A total of 1,135 pregnant women were included in the analysis. ArcGIS version 10.7 software was used to explore the spatial distribution of alcohol consumption, and SaTScan version 9.6 was employed to identify the significant spatial clusters of alcohol consumption. A mixed multi-level logistic regression analysis was employed to identify the determinant factors of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
Results
The result showed that the prevalence of alcohol consumption during pregnancy was 22.49% (with a 95% CI: 18.18 to 26.17). The spatial analysis showed that the spatial distribution of alcohol consumption significantly varied across the country [Global Moran’s I value = 0.30 (P<0.001)]. The SaTScan analysis identified two most likely clusters with high rates of alcohol consumption such as northwest Ethiopia (Log-Likelihood Ratio (LLR) = 155.56, p<0.001) and central Ethiopia (LLR = 19.27, p<0.01). Never in union, divorced and/ widowed [Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 2.56; 95% CI: 1.07, 10.14], attended primary school [AOR = 0.45; 95% CI: 0.27, 0.95], having two or more lifetime sexual partners [AOR = 2.59; 95% CI: 1.11, 6.18], living in rural [AOR = 1.52; 95% CI: 1.12, 2.93] and higher community media exposure [AOR = 0.54; 95% CI: 0.28, 0.97] were the factors associated with alcohol consumption.
Conclusion
Alcohol consumption during pregnancy in Ethiopia was high. The spatial distribution of alcohol consumption was significantly varied across the country. Therefore, public health interventions targeting areas with high alcohol consumption are needed for drinking cessation and to prevent poor pregnancy outcomes related to alcohol use.
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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