Learner pregnancy in South Africa's Eastern Cape: The Factors affecting adolescent girls' school withdrawal during pregnancy
Learner pregnancy in South Africa's Eastern Cape: The Factors affecting adolescent girls' school withdrawal during pregnancy
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102484
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发表时间：
2021-09-06
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Meinck, Franziska
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作者：
Jochim, Janina;Cluver, Lucie D.;Meinck, Franziska
早孕往往导致女孩无法接受教育。然而，很少有研究调查哪些因素影响青少年在怀孕期间辍学。这项研究采访了南非东开普省的1,046名青少年母亲。结果显示，四分之一的在校少女在怀孕期间退学-许多人早在怀孕的头三个月就退学了。辍学与更高的贫困、更高的留级率、计划外和意外怀孕以及更缺乏有关怀孕的信息有关。鉴于怀孕初期的入学率很高，学校服务可提供一个机会，以确定哪些女孩需要大量支助才能在整个怀孕期间继续接受教育，并将学习成绩差的历史作为辍学的指标。
An early pregnancy often puts an end to a girls' education. However, few studies have investigated which factors affect adolescents' school discontinuation during pregnancy. This study interviewed 1,046 adolescent mothers from the Eastern Cape province in South Africa. The results showed that a quarter of school-going adolescent girls withdrew from school during the pregnancy - many as early as the first trimester. School withdrawal was associated with higher poverty, higher grade repetition, an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy, and greater lack of information about the pregnancy. Given the high enrolment rates at the onset of the pregnancy, school-based services may provide an opportunity to identify which girls require substantial support to remain in education throughout pregnancy, using a history of poor school performance as an indicator for dropout.