unmarried virgin adolescent girl or married, but this marriage hasn’t been consummated or sexual intercourse done in anus or her virginity is removed by non-copulation before maturity or after it, she is equal to maiden and guardianship on her will be arguable in two cases: financial affairs and matrimony. all jurisprudents (imamiyeh and sunni) have alliance about non-guardianship in financial ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare perceived stress in general, stress due to pregnancy, and post partum complications between a group of unmarried adolescent first-time mothers and a group of married adolescent first-time mothers. Never-pregnant adolescents served as a comparison group on perceived stress. Health outcomes of infants of the two groups of adolescent mothers were al...

A case of vasicovaginal fistula occurring in an adolescent unmarried girl following insertion of a matalic glass deep inside the gagine is reported here along with a brief discussion and review of literature.

This girl from a village in the Indian state of Gujarat was 16 when her son was born. She delivered at a hospital thanks to an innovative government programme that offers free childbirth and obstetric care for women living below the poverty line. In the primary health care centre in the Kheda district she now receives advice on breastfeeding, family planning and other health issues. Ayana (name...

Adolescent girls in Ghana still face a number of challenges accessing reproductive/sexual health services despite efforts to improve their accessibility. This paper explores the key socio-demographic factors associated with contraceptive use amongst adolescent girls in Ghana using the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS). Data from the 2008 GDHS was analyzed. Socio-demographic variab...

The role of adult men in adolescent childbearing has received heightened attention in recent years, and a new policy efforts have focused on statutory rape laws as a way to reduce adolescent childbearing. Analyses of the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey indicate, however, that these policies would not apply to most teenage births. Among mothers aged 15-17 who had a child in 1988,...

OBJECTIVE To determine how Hispanic residential concentration moderates the relationship between neighborhood collective efficacy and teenage birth rates. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of census tract level survey data and birth records. SETTING Sixty-five Los Angeles (California) County census tracts in 2000 and 2001. PARTICIPANTS Measures of neighborhood collective efficacy from 2600 ...

CONTEXT Small proportions of Indian women report seeking treatment for symptoms suggestive of reproductive tract infections (RTIs). Most studies on treatment-seeking have focused broadly on women of reproductive age, and little is known about the experiences of adolescent girls and young women, particularly the unmarried. METHODS Data from 2,742 married and 2,108 unmarried women aged 15-24 wh...

This study examined the relationship between psychological adjustment of adults with cancer and two marital variables: married versus unmarried and high versus low marital quality. Eighty-six married and 46 unmarried adults with cancer completed general and illness-specific measures of psychological adjustment. In general, men and subjects with low marital quality reported more depression and a...

Overall, unmarried (divorced • or never married) women aged 25–64 years are more likely to be uninsured (21%) than married women (13%) in the same age group. Poor married women are • more likely to be uninsured than poor unmarried women, in part because they are less likely to have Medicaid coverage. Married women are more likely • to have private insurance, and less likely to have Medicaid, th...