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The Causes Of Teenage Pregnancy

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A study of South Asia posited that socioeconomic factors, low educational attainment, cultural & family constitutions were risk factors for teenage pregnancy (Acharya et al,2008, p.3).
According to case control retrospective study conducted in India (Kumar et al,2007, p. 41) revealed that the incidence of teenage pregnancy in recent years were due to early onset of puberty, early sexual activity in girls and relatively lack of education on contraceptive methods. India is the most heavily populated country in the world and increasing teenage pregnancy.
According to a case control study in Turkey (Gokce et al,2006, p. 394), adolescent pregnancy was associated with low socioeconomic factors, exposure to violence within the family prior to marriage, …show more content…

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A cross-sectional population-based household survey was found that the numerous causative factors for adolescent pregnancy were unemployment, extreme poverty, having higher sexually permissive attitudes and habit of not using contraception and men were want the pregnancy for having a sense of the future (Santos & Rosario, 2011). The micro-level review study conducted by Mari Imamura et al posited that the socioeconomic disadvantage, disrupted family structure and limited education appear to be most consistently related to teenage pregnancy. Moreover many health-compromising lifestyle factors such as risky sexual behaviors, alcohol, drug or tobacco use was also associated with teenage pregnancy (European Union, 2007, pp.631-634).

Study showed that those people who have grown up unhappy, in poor material situation, do not like school, and are hopeless about their future may be more likely to take risks when having sex or to decide to have a baby (Harden, Brunton, Fletcher, & Oakley, 2009, p. …show more content…

Many pregnancies were a result of sexual violence (UNFPA, 2013).
A Demographic and Health Survey study of Nicaragua revealed that the rural participants were more in risk of having an earlier first birth than from urban participants. In addition, first birth was negatively associated with educational level the respondents. The association between age at first birth and wealth quintile was negative, but the association with age at sexual debut was positive (Katherine, Ndola, & Chris, 2009).
A study done in Uganda posited that wealth status of adolescents affects on their pregnancy and childbearing outcomes. The findings revealed that the richest wealth quintile adolescent were least pregnant than poor wealth quintile. This study concluded that adolescence from rich family continue their education and got delayed married but the adolescence from poor family did not continue their education and like to marry at early age. (Gideon, 2013).
A case–control study revealed that the there were significant associations between participants’ age at first pregnancy and socio-economic status, type of family and mother’s age at first pregnancy (Santos, M.I. & Rosario,F.,

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