TY - JOUR AU - Neal, Sarah AU - Harvey, Chloe AU - Chandra-Mouli, Venkatraman AU - Caffe, Sonja AU - Camacho, Alma Virginia PY - 2018 DA - 2018/08/29 TI - Trends in adolescent first births in five countries in Latin America and the Caribbean: disaggregated data from demographic and health surveys JO - Reproductive Health SP - 146 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - Adolescents in the Latin American and Caribbean region continue to experience poor reproductive health outcomes, including high rates of first birth before the age of 20 years. Aggregate national level data fails to identify groups where progress is particularly poor. This paper explores how trends in adolescent births have changed over time in five countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Peru) using data disaggregated by adolescent age group, wealth and urban / rural residence. SN - 1742-4755 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-018-0578-4 DO - 10.1186/s12978-018-0578-4 ID - Neal2018 ER -