Impact Factor (2025): 6.9
DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
This study uses annual time series data on adolescent
fertility rate for Angola from 1960 to 2020 to predict future trends of
adolescent fertility rates over the period 2021 to 2030. The forecast
evaluation criteria of the applied model indicate that the ANN (12, 12, 1)
model is stable. The neural network model projections revealed that adolescent
fertility will remain very high throughout the out of sample period. Therefore,
we urge the Angolan government to allocate more resources towards Sexual and
reproductive health services, strictly enforce laws that safeguard sexual and
reproductive health rights of adolescent girls and women, promote girl child
education and create a youth fund to empower youths across the country in order
to urgently address high adolescent birth rates that have contributed
significantly to adverse maternal and neonatal health outcomes.
Country : Zimbabwe
IRJIET, Volume 6, Issue 12, December 2022 pp. 84-87