School Year 2011-2012 A B S T R A C T OBJECTIVE To assess the factors associated with adolescent pregnancies among secondary students at Tanga municipality. METHODOLOGY A cross sectional descriptive analytical study which targeted all girls in secondary schools at Tanga municipality‚ RESULTS Low socioeconomic status was found to be an important cause for adolescent pregnancies as 57.1% of respondents suggested. Other factors responsible were luxury and deprivation of education to girls (43
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Over the past few years teenage pregnancy rates have grown substantially. More than one million teenagers will become pregnant this year in Canada‚ and the number is growing. Many socioeconomic factors influence pregnancy rates‚ such as; different races‚ different religions‚ financial status‚ education and family background. Another influence is the sexual education children are receiving or not receiving at school and at home. While the problem of teenage pregnancy is acknowledged‚ solutions
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Teenage Pregnancy The United States has the highest teenage pregnancy‚ about 1 million teenagers become pregnant each year and 95 percent of those pregnancies are unintended. Teenage pregnancy is one of the most important and alarming issues in today ’s world. There are many reasons that teenagers become pregnant. Some of them want to have babies. However‚ the fact of the matter is that most teen pregnancies are unintentional (80 percent). Additionally‚ most of them occur to unwed teen
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Effects of Early pregnancy among teenage mothers to their Personality development in Barangay Julo‚ San Antonio‚ Nueva Ecija Introduction and Background Nowadays‚ one of the major problems in our country is the rapid increase of population. Teenage pregnancy is a big part of this problem. From 2000 to 2010‚ the number of live births by teenage mothers in the Philippines rose by 60 percent. A total of 207‚898 mothers aged below 20 years old gave birth in 2010. In 2000‚ however‚ this number was
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Teenage Pregnancy In today’s society teens are faced with many pressures. The effect of these pressures put on them is the inability to make right decisions when it comes to certain situations. One of these most common situations teens find themselves in is becoming a parent at a young age‚ a result of pressure from peers. I’m Melle‚ and I’m Maxine and were going to talk about one of the problems of the youth—teenage pregnancy. It isn’t shocking to see a high school student pregnant these
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issue of this generation of young Filipinos. Without a robust response from all stakeholders‚ the Philippines is on track toward a full-blown‚ national teenage pregnancy crisis. Staggering facts support this call for concern. Recent (2014) data from the Philippine Statistical Authority (PSA) reveal that every hour‚ 24 babies are delivered by teenage mothers. According to the 2014 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality (YAFS) study‚ around 14 percent of Filipino girls aged 15 to 19 are either pregnant
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LITERATURE REVIEW POVERTY‚ HOMELESSNESS AND TEENAGE PREGNANCY February 2006 Prepared for: First Steps Housing Project‚ Inc. Saint John‚ NB Prepared by: Evaluation Designs Ltd. Fredericton‚ N. B. Funding for this Literature Review was provided by First Steps Housing Project Inc. Saint John‚ NB Canada Author of the Literature Review: Tim Dilworth Evaluation Designs Ltd. Fredericton‚ New Brunswick Canada E3B 4H7 _____________________________________________ Principal: Carole Dilworth
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Chapter 2 Chapter Two Teenage Pregnancy and Social Policy: A review of the literature Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to review the available literature focusing on the areas of policy relating to teenage pregnancy under exploration in this thesis. Having presented the various trends in teenage pregnancy and related rates as well as associated and causal factors in the previous chapter‚ this chapter begins by providing further explanation as to why the three particular areas
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issue of this generation of young Filipinos. Without a robust response from all stakeholders‚ the Philippines is on track toward a full-blown‚ national teenage pregnancy crisis. Staggering facts support this call for concern. Recent (2014) data from the Philippine Statistical Authority (PSA) reveal that every hour‚ 24 babies are delivered by teenage mothers. According to the 2014 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality (YAFS) study‚ around 14 percent of Filipino girls aged 15 to 19 are either pregnant
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these kids actually believe in ridiculous myths about sex as shown above. Many teenage girls have sex due to family stresses or self esteem issues. They are gullible and easily tricked by "love" from boyfriends due to the lack of love within their family. This is especially the case now in our modern society‚ as parents are mostly busy with work and do not have time for their kids. The easiest method to prevent teenage pregnancies is to emphasize on contraception and abstinence‚ be it through workshops
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