Delayed motherhood and its determinants among women of reproductive age in five Sub-Saharan African Countries: A multilevel analysis of recent demographic and health surveys (2021–2023)

• Yilkal Abebaw Wassie ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: liknawabe@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Medical Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7794-237X

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• Tekletsadik Tekleslassie Alemayehu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Tsehayu Melak Siyoum,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neonatal Health Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar Ethiopia

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• Girum Nakie,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Getasew Kibralew,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Gebresilassie Tadesse,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Zemenu Wube Bayleyegn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Berihun Agegn Mengistie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of General Midwifery, School of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Gashaw Sisay Chanie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar Ethiopia

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• Tesfaye Birhanu Abebe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Selale University, Fitche, Ethiopia

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• Leul Dejene Abate,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Selale University, Fitche, Ethiopia

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• Cherugeta Kebede Asfaw,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Selale University, Fitche, Ethiopia

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• Mequanint Melesse Bicha,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar Ethiopia

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• Agazhe Aemro,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Gebremariam Wulie Geremew

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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