A study of socio cultural factors associated with teenage pregnancy
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Pregnancy in teenage adversely affects health of mother and child. So this study was conducted to ascertain important risk factors associated with teenage pregnancies. Aims and objectives: To study the relation of socioeconomic and cultural factors associated with teenage pregnancies. Methodology: A descriptive cross sectional study.Study population: All teenage delivered in one year in a tertiary health care institute. Results and Conclusion: In present study, 40.66% were illiterate, 14.83% were educated up to primary school, 0.99% were educated up to higher secondary. There were 60.28% teenage mothers from rural area and 39.72% were from urban area, 30.14 % of which were from urban slums. Mean age at marriage was 15.75 years. In present study 53.12% teenage mothers were from joint families and 46.88% were from nuclear family.
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Ambhore Bhagwan G, Bendale Nilesh P
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