A cross sectional study on demographic profile and role of education in adolescent girls
Journal Title: People's Journal of Scientific Research. - Year 2018, Vol 11, Issue 1
Abstract
Adolescent is a period of rapid growth and maturation in human development. It is a crucial period of women’s life where sociocultural factors not only influence her health but also health of future generation. Hidden behind the socially sanctioned cloak of marriage, underage girls are deprived of their personal freedom, forced into non-consensual sex, exploitation of their labour and discrimination of their educational development and individual life choices. A community based cross sectional study was carried out among 250 adolescent girls aged 13 -19 years. This age group was considered for the study because of marked acceleration of physical and emotional development which occurs during this period. Aim of this study was to find out the incidence of early marriage and pregnancies among adolescent girls and the impact of education. It was observed that 18.8% of adolescents were married and 8.4% were pregnant at one or the other time. Pressure of elders was the major reason for early marriage (53%) and early pregnancy (57%) among married girls. The education of adolescent girls plays a major role on the marital status and awareness of the health problems.
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Amruta Indupalli , Siddesh Sirwar
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