[The relationship between teenage pregnancy and school desertion].
[The relationship between teenage pregnancy and school desertion].
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少女怀孕与逃学的关系[J].
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2004
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Apolinaria García
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M. Molina;C. Ferrada;R. Perez;L. Cid;V. Casanueva;Apolinaria García
BACKGROUND
In Chile, the prevalence of teenage pregnancy is 17%.
AIM
To assess relationship between adolescent pregnancy and school desertion.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
At the Hospital Guillermo Grant Benavente's Departament of Obstetrics and Gynecology, in Concepción, Chile, 2001 a comparative, cross sectional and correlational study was conducted. The study group were pregnant adolescents who deserted from school system, divided in two subgroups: 86 adolescents who deserted before pregnancy and 130 who deserted during pregnancy.
RESULTS
Twenty percent of teenagers that deserted from school before pregnancy belonged to a sublevel of poverty, compared with 5% of those who deserted during pregnancy. Flunk was frequent in both but higher in girls that deserted before pregnancy (46.5 and 36.9% respectively, (p<0.001)). Economic problems were the main cause of desertion before pregnancy (27.6%). Shame (41.6%) and obstetric complications (31.7%) were the main reasons for deserting during pregnancy. Seventy percent of adolescents who deserted before pregnancy had no educational, working or recreational activities. The parental educational level of both groups was low.
CONCLUSIONS
There is a relationship between teenage pregnancy and school desertion. Adolescents who deserted from school before pregnancy are more vulnerable.