Factors Associated with Adolescent Pregnancy in Rural Nigeria

A community-based, case-control study conducted in rural Nigeria with 132 pregnant girls and 131 nonpregnant girls the same age found that pregnancy was largely associated with the completion of formal education at an early age and the lack of knowledge of reproductive health. (SLD)

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Published in:Journal of youth and adolescence 1995-08, Vol.24 (4), p.419-438
Main Author: Okonofua, Friday E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion
Adolescent girls
Adolescent Parents
Adolescents
Africa
Africa South of the Sahara
Africa, Western
Age
Age Factors
Biological and medical sciences
Birth Control
Case Studies
Contraception
Contraception Behavior
Data Collection
Demography
Developing Countries
Early Parenthood
Economics
Education
Educational Attainment
Employment
Families & family life
Family Planning Services
Females
Fertility
Focus groups
Foreign Countries
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Girls
Gynecology and obstetrics
Health surveys
Informal Education
Knowledge
Knowledge Level
Marital Status
Marriage
Nigeria
Population
Population Characteristics
Population Dynamics
Pregnancy
Pregnancy in Adolescence
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Regression analysis
Religion
Reproductive health
Risk factors
Rural Areas
Rural Population
Sampling Studies
Sex Education
Sex Information
Sexual Behavior
Social Class
Sociodemographics
Socioeconomic Factors
Sociology
Statistics as Topic
Teenage pregnancy
Teenagers
Unwed Mothers
Womens health
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Summary:A community-based, case-control study conducted in rural Nigeria with 132 pregnant girls and 131 nonpregnant girls the same age found that pregnancy was largely associated with the completion of formal education at an early age and the lack of knowledge of reproductive health. (SLD)
ISSN:0047-2891
1573-6601
DOI:10.1007/BF01537189