Teenage Pregnancy

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This paper examines how the phenomenon of teenage pregnancy has been one of the major health and social concerns all over the world and how, although the trend among industrialized countries has been on a slow decline, there are still social and health implications that certainly demand action to prevent its occurrence. The paper also looks at how there have been numerous studies that focused on the social and economic consequences of teenage pregnancy towards the teenage mother, the unborn child, as well as in the dynamics of the family.

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"Teenage mothers and their children are faced with socioeconomic consequences that could be detrimental to both parties. Most of these teenage mothers are from low-income households. It has been reported that teenagers coming from low-income families have a risk of becoming pregnant by at least 10 times (Quinlivan et al., 2004). Moreover, these teenage mothers have not finished school yet. Most of these mothers are 1.9 to 2.2 years short of finishing high school. It was found that females who continue on with their education tend to delay having children because of the consequences they perceive of childbearing; they opt to postpone it to advance academically and economically. Those who do get pregnant have 50% likelihood that they will not finish high school at all; this is attributed to their lack of motivation and ambition."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Dryburgh, H. (5 June 2007). Teenage Pregnancy. Canada's National Statistical Agency. [Online.] Retrieved 16 Feb 2008 from the Web site: http://www.statcan.ca/english/kits/preg/preg3.htm
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