Prevalence of unintended pregnancy and needs for family planning among married adolescent girls living in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh

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We acknowledge support from the STEP UP (Strengthening Evidence for Programming on Unintended Pregnancy) Research Programme Consortium. STEP UP was funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development (DFID), grant number SR1111D-6. The authors are indebted to STEP UP partners, Population Council, Kenya, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) Kenya, and Population Council, Ghana, who offered their invaluable advice during the data analysis workshop in Mombasa, Kenya during February 17-21, 2014. The authors are especially grateful to Dr. Harriet Birungi, Dr. Francis Onyango and Dr. Ian Askew of the Population Council, Kenya for their guidance throughout the development of this report.