Teenage pregnancy in south africa
Pmcid: pmc3598281adolescent pregnancy and associated factors in south african youthg mchunu,1 k peltzer,1,2 b tutshana,1 and l seutlwadi11hiv/aids, tb and sti (hast) research programme, human sciences research council, pretoria and durban, south africa2university of limpopo, turfloop, south africa*corresponding author: prof karl peltzer hiv/aids, tb and sti (hast) human sciences research council private bag x41, pretoria 0001 south africa email: @reztlepkauthor information ► copyright and license information ►copyright © makerere medical school, uganda 2012this article has been cited by other articles in ctbackgroundadolescent pregnancy, occurring in girls aged 10–19 years, remains a serious health and social problem worldwide, and has been associated with numerous risk factors evident in the young people's family, peer, school, and neighbourhood iveto assess the prevalence of adolescent pregnancy and associated factors in the south african context, as part of a population-based household survey that formed part of an evaluation of the impact of lovelife, south africa's national hiv prevention campaign for young sa cross-sectional population-based household survey was conducted using a multi-stage stratified cluster sampling approach. Women, from four of nine provinces in south africa (eastern cape, gauteng, kwazulu-natal and mpumalanga). In multivariable analysis among women it was found that being employed or unemployed, greater poverty, having higher sexually permissive attitudes and scoring higher on the contraceptive or the condom use index was associated with adolescent pregnancy, and among men wanting the pregnancy and having a sense of the future were associated with adolescent sionadolescent pregnancy was found to be high in this sample of south african youth. Multiple factors contributing to adolescent pregnancy have been identified which can be used in targeting young people on the prevention of adolescent ds: adolescent pregnancy, youth between 18–24 years, lovelife youth programme exposure, south africaintroductionadolescent pregnancy, occurring in girls aged 10–19 years, remains a serious health and social problem worldwide, and has been associated with numerous risk factors evident in the young people's family, peer, school, and neighbourhood contexts. 3 in sub-saharan africa, one such risk factor in early child bearing is increased vulnerability to hiv/aids. While hiv is one of the unintended consequences of unprotected sexual intercourse, pregnancy is another indicator that young people are having unprotected ce from sub-saharan africa indicates that 35% of pregnancies among 15–19 year olds were unplanned, unwanted or untimed and that the teenagers' relationships were unstable.
A study conducted in soweto, south africa, found that 23% of pregnancies carried by 13–16 year old young women and 14. 8adolescent pregnancy interferes with young women's educational attainment, resulting in fewer job opportunities for young women. 15 access to reproductive health services is another factor which contributes to adolescent pregnancy since young people always want to be able access sexual and reproductive health information and services without being exposed to public stigma. Many studies on teenage pregnancy have focused on the practices of adolescents in general and outcomes of their pregnancies, but very limited understanding of factors that place particular adolescents at increased risk of teenage pregnancy. Therefore, there is a need for studies that focus on factors that put adolescents at risk of teenage pregnancy from both female and male partners. Therefore, the aim of our study was to investigate the prevalence adolescent pregnancy and associated factors in the south african context, as part of a large population-based household survey that formed part of an evaluation of the impact of lovelife, south africa's national hiv prevention campaign for young sample and procedurewe conducted a cross-sectional population-based household survey using a multi-stage stratified cluster sampling approach.
The survey included persons of ages 18 to 24 years living in south african households of the four (out of nine) selected provinces, kwazulu-natal, mpumalanga, eastern cape and gauteng province, providing an urban-rural representation of south l approval for the study was obtained from the human sciences research council research ethics committee. Participants signed informed consent esthe main outcome variable was adolescent pregnancy, for females (12–19 years) and for males had impregnated a girl when they were an adolescent (12–19 years). History information referred to the number of pregnancies (including miscarried and terminated pregnancies or pregnancies where the baby had died after birth) a respondent has ever had or he has had with his partner; adolescent pregnancy was defined as below 20 years of age. Associations between key outcome adolescent pregnancy and individual, social and structural variables and programme exposure were evaluated calculating odds ratios (or). Unconditional multivariable logistic regression was used for evaluation of the impact of explanatory variables for key outcome of adolescent pregnancy (binary dependent variables). 1individual, social and structural variables and adolescent pregnancy of study sample by genderreasons for adolescent pregnancynineteen percent of respondents got pregnant because they wanted to prove their maturity or identity as women.
Got pregnant the first time because they did not understand the risks involved in what they were doing or did not understand how pregnancy happens. Ever terminated a pregnancy or persuaded someone to do related perceptionsyoung women were asked about gender related perceptions, which may entrech unequal power relations between men and women. Of adolescent pregnancyin multivariable analysis among women it was found that being employed or unemployed, greater poverty, having higher sexually permissive attitudes and scoring higher on the contraceptive or condom use index was associated with adolescent multivariable analysis among men wanting the pregnancy and having a sense of future were associated with adolescent pregnancy (see tables 2 and and33). 2association between individual, social and structural variables, risk status and behaviour and adolescent pregnancy of young womentable 3association between individual, social and structural variables, risk status and behaviour and adolescent pregnancy of male partnerdiscussionwhile previous research findings have suggested that individual factors and other predictors such as poverty, low educational level, contributed to young women engaging in risky sexual behaviour, leading to unplanned pregnancy in adolescents,2,3,7,8, 21 the findings of this study, showed that more than half of female respondents (74. Of the female respondents did not understand how pregnancy happens or did not think about risks involved in engaging in unprotected sexual intercourse (which could explain the high number of unwanted pregnancies). This finding is a concern because it shows that young south african youth still engage in risky sexual behaviours, not only due to lack of knowledge but due to unfavourable decisions.
It is worth noting that these respondents are between the ages of 18–24 years, thus it is highly unexpected that the majority of them do not understand the risks involved or how pregnancy happens particularly when taking into account number of various intervention programmes including life orientation (which was introduced in 2000) that have been r to the findings of the department of health study,22 the findings of the current study did not confirm child-support grant as a possible enticement for girls to become pregnant. 5, 6 our findings however did indicate that lack of employment and job opportunities was associated with teenage pregnancy. Multiple factors contributing to adolescent pregnancy have been identified which can be used in targeting young people on the prevention of adolescent ledgementsthis research was a collaborative project between lovelife and the hsrc, and was made possible by the henry j. Klein jd, american academy of pediatrics committee on adolescence adolescent pregnancy: current trends and issues. Ecological contexts in adolescent pregnancy: the role of individual, sociodemographic, familial and relational variables in understanding risk of occurrence and adjustment patterns. Risk factors for teenage pregnancy amongst african adolescents in metropolitan cape town: a case control study.
Keep them in school: the importance of education as a protective factor against hiv infection among young south african women. Contraception use and pregnancy among 15- 24 year old south african women: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey. I think condoms are good but, aai, i hate those things’: condom use among adolescents and young people in a southern african township. The effects of an abusive primary partner on the condom use and sexual negotiation practices of african-american women. Transactional sex among women in soweto, south africa: prevalence, risk factors and association with hiv infection. 2001;21(2):35–es from african health sciences are provided here courtesy of makerere university medical s:article | pubreader | epub (beta) | pdf (129k) | xnewssouth africaadvertisementfile picture: lebohang mashiloane/independent mediapretoria – the widespread notion that young women in south africa fall pregnant in a bid to cash in on the government-offered child support grant money is baseless and incorrect, statistics south africa (stats sa) revealed on monday.
It doesn't show any increase in the proportion of teenagers who are giving birth, therefore dismissing and dispensing with that myth which is popular [among] parents especially in rural areas. Said, on the basis of evidence, teenage pregnancy in south africa is not rising but has remained stable. Teenage pregnancy is not increasing and therefore nothing can therefore be attributed to the grants," he said. Survey also found that the adolescent fertility rate in south africa has declined from 76 in 1998 to 71 births per 1 000 girls aged 15 to 19 in the minister aaron motsoaledi said the stats sa findings augment existing facts on the perceived link between social grants money and teenage pregnancy. It was found that more than 80 percent of the teenagers who fall pregnant only claim child support after two years," said questioned how proponents of the link between child support grants and teenage pregnancy would justify teens from fellow african countries where there are no social grant facilities fall pregnant. At one point a minister from another african country told me that in their country it is one in every three school girls falls pregnant but there is no child support grant in that country.
And i'm quite sure that child support grants on the whole continent exists in south africa. There is ample evidence that child support grants have not increased teenage pregnancy, and we are very happy that stats sa has added to what we already knew," said ing to the stats sa survey, south africa is approaching a "demographic winter", wherein women are giving birth to fewer and fewer children. Children lower than the three year average based on the community survey of 2016," according to the latest south african demographic and health survey is a sample survey that was conducted by stats sa and the south african medical research council on behalf of the national department of survey collected data from sampled households in the country between june and november 2016, with variables measuring health, fertility, nutrition and family planning, among results of the survey will be used to measure the health status of south africans as well as the coverage and quality of selected health survey also provides estimates on child and maternal mortality, fertility rates, and the prevalence of conditions such as diabetes and hypertension, among next on ioldaily newsletter sign upemail address:sign upsign upview all newslettersmost read on iolfears grow as 'zombie' drug hits durbankzn farmer’s warning to the governmentpoppie 'played dead' to stop beatings: mother#thepresidentskeepers: a taxing time for zumabreaking news: mamelodi sundowns in talks with former sweden coachadvertisementteenage pregnancy is not increasing - stats sashare this article with a friendyour name:email:friend's name:friend's email:your message:verification code:enter code shown:send a copy to ncbi web site requires javascript to tionresourcesall resourceschemicals & bioassaysbiosystemspubchem bioassaypubchem compoundpubchem structure searchpubchem substanceall chemicals & bioassays resources... 2001 mar;52(5):onship dynamics and teenage pregnancy in south r1, vundule c, maforah f, jordaan information1women's health research unit, medical research council, pretoria, south africa. Whilst its 'problematic' nature is a subject of debate, it reflects a pattern of sexual activity which puts teenagers at risk of hiv. This creates a new imperative to understand teenage pregnancy and the pattern of high risk sexual activity of which it is one consequence.
This was an exploratory study undertaken to investigate factors associated with teenage pregnancy amongst sexually active adolescents in an urban and peri-urban context. Conditional logistic regression was used to analyse the relationship between teenage pregnancy and the factors investigated. The results presented focus on relationship dynamics and their association with the risk of pregnancy. Both groups of teenagers had been dating for a mean of two and a half years and about half were still with their first sexual partner. The partners of the pregnant teenagers were significantly older, less likely to be in school and less likely to have other girlfriends. The pregnant teenagers were significantly more likely to have experienced forced sexual initiation and were beaten more often.
Multiple modelling shows that both forced sexual initiation and unwillingness to confront an unfaithful partner are strongly associated with pregnancy and also related to each other. We further discuss indicators of greater intimacy within relationships of the pregnant teenagers which may suggest that more of the pregnancies were wanted than was suggested. Gov'tmesh termsadolescentadolescent behavior*case-control studiescontraceptive agents, female/therapeutic usedomestic violence/psychologydomestic violence/statistics & numerical datafemalefertilityhealth knowledge, attitudes, practicehumanslogistic modelsmalepregnancypregnancy in adolescence/psychology*pregnancy in adolescence/statistics & numerical datarisk factorssexual behavior*socioeconomic factorssouth africa/epidemiologysurveys and questionnairessubstancecontraceptive agents, femalelinkout - more resourcesfull text sourceselsevier sciencemedicalpregnancy - genetic alliancechild behavior disorders - medlineplus health informationteenage pregnancy - medlineplus health informationpubmed commons home. South africa i know,The home i s for: teenage tics by place tics by theme release: south africa demographic and health release 15 may 2017 south africa demographic and health survey 2016 key indicators report the results of the south africa demographic and health survey, 2016 as presented in the key indicators report released today show that the total fertility rate (tfr) for the 3 years preceding the survey was 2,6 children per woman. Publication results s you should try again with a different search a hillthe municipality is bordered by the bizana local municipality to the north, the port st johns local municipality to the south and the ntabankulu local municipality to the northwest. The internationally known abattoir, the biggest abattoir in africa, is found in dipaleseng (balfour town), with a vast number of by-products including inorganic chemicals, fertilizers, manufactured in the more ».
Teen pregnancy rate raises ing to the 2015 annual school survey, over 15,000 pupils fell pregnant during the academic education minister angie esburg - basic education minister angie motshekga says the sector is concerned about the rate of pregnancies in south africa’s minister has given an update following a meeting of the council of education ing to the 2015 annual school survey, over 15,000 pupils fell pregnant during the academic kga says the rate of pregnancies at schools has become a major social challenge not only for the education sector, but also more importantly for national development. The minister adds her department has developed a national policy for the prevention and management of pregnancy in schools. It addresses the high rate of pregnancy among learners and the context within which this occurs and options for unwanted pregnancies.
