Teenage Pregnancy In India

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

Even though “too much too young” is not a big problem but the opposite, ‘too little too young’, too little food, too little education, too little finance and too little choice are the cause of problematic teenage pregnancy in Nepal (Smith, 2002, pp. 557-558).
Community based comparative study conducted in three districts of Colombo, Anuradhapura and Batticaloa in Sri Lanka posited that personal characteristics, low educational attainment, poor parental supervision and poor support from teachers were risk factors for teenage pregnancy. Those who reported being ‘legally married’ were at a higher risk of teenage pregnancy may be because they felt secure in their relationships (Dulitha, et al., 2013, p. 273).
A case-control design study found that loss of biological mother, schooling of the adolescent’s biological or social mother, the adolescent’s main lifetime caregiver, and family history of drug problems were associated with teenage mother. Substance use, girls that had tried smoking showed twofold higher odds of motherhood than those who had not; having come home intoxicated was also associated with increased odds of adolescent motherhood (Faler, Câmara, Ganzo de Castro Aerts, Alves, & Béria, …show more content…

Significant associations were found between participants’ age at first pregnancy and all independent variables—socio-economic status (chi-squarePearson (1) = 9.002; P = 0.003), type of family (Fisher’s exact test = 36.09; P < 0.001) and mother’s age at first pregnancy (chi-square Pearson (1) = 4.637; P = 0.034) (Santos, M.I. & Rosario,F.,

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