Teenage sexual intercourse and pregnancy.

Age at first sexual intercourse and teenage pregnancy in Australian female twins.

Girls who report first sexual intercourse during their early teen years have much higher rates of teenage pregnancy and childbearing than girls who delay sexual onset until older adolescence. In this study, we examine genetic and environmental influences on variation in teenage pregnancy and covariation with age at first sexual intercourse in two cohorts of Australian female twins. In the older...

Factors associated with adolescent sexual intercourse and teenage pregnancy

Preventing teenage pregnancy.

Preventing unwanted pregnancy in teenagers has become a high priority for health care purchasers and providers. The publication of the White Paper ‘Health of the Nation’ raised the profile of teenage pregnancy by selecting pregnancy in under-16s as a target area. Although the rate of pregnancy in teenagers had been falling recently in the United Kingdom, it has recently risen; we still have a h...

The Cause and Effect of Teenage Pregnancy: Case of Kontagora Local Government Area in Niger State, Northern Part of Nigeria

The study identified the cause and effect of teenage pregnancy among teenagers in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State. The study adopted the simple percentage survey research design involving 40 teenagers. The researcher questions were divided into two sections, section A contains the respondent’s personal data and section B contains the subject of the study. Simple percentage rate w...

Ethnic differences in childhood and adolescent sexual abuse and teenage pregnancy.

PURPOSE This study examined ethnic differences in childhood and adolescent sexual abuse and the effect on teenage pregnancy rates. METHODS A 20-page questionnaire elicited information about women's sexual and pregnancy history, high-risk behaviors, and sexual abuse, based a modified version of the Koss and Oros Sexual Experiences Survey. Over 1,900 women between 18 and 22 years old were recru...

Effect of social exclusion on the risk of teenage pregnancy: development of hypotheses using baseline data from a randomised trial of sex education.

STUDY OBJECTIVE The UK government argues that "social exclusion" increases risk of teenage pregnancy and that educational factors may be dimensions of such exclusion. The evidence cited by the government is limited to reporting that socioeconomic disadvantage and educational attainment influence risk. Evidence regarding young people's attitude to school is not cited, and there is a lack of rese...