Socio-economic factors affecting teenage pregnancy in northern Indian population: A cross sectional study
Journal Title: The Journal of Community Health Management - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
According to United Nation Population Division & World Bank, the adolescent fertility rate is defined as “number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19” and supposed to be one of the best indicators for world development study. The study of adolescent fertility rate is important not only because it is responsible as a factor of population growth & health cost burden but also it reveals the level of various socioeconomic status of a country in terms of development. Various world level organizations have declared that “pregnancy and childbirth” is the number one killer of 15-19 years old so the adolescent fertility issue has become international public health issue. It is assumed that socioeconomic factors are associated with adolescent fertility rate. That’s why the study of socioeconomic variables to assess the level of knowledge in adolescents for early marriages and its negative effects on their lives leads some facts in the study of development of a nation. In the present observational cross sectional study we will try to find the association of various socioeconomic factors on adolescent fertility rate in the rural areas of Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh.
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Nadeem Ahmad, Rubeena Bano, Arshiya Khan
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