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CONTEXT: Little is known about relationship types and processes linked to adolescent pregnancy and childbearing in Sub-Saharan Africa. A greater understanding of the role of relationships could help in the [...]

Teen pregnancy is a major public health concern and the majority of these pregnancies are unintended. The study population included women whose first pregnancy occurred at age 19 or younger (n = 2,142). Data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth was used to determine whether women's reports of her own pregnancy intentions differed from her perception of her male partner's pregnancy intentions at the time of conception. Chi-square tests and multinomial logistic regression were used to examine perceived discrepant pregnancy intent. Most (55.4%) reported that the pregnancy was unintended by both, 22.1% indicated only he intended the pregnancy, 5.6% indicated only she intended the pregnancy, and 16.9% reported both intended the pregnancy. Compared to adolescent pregnancies respondents recalled being unintended by both her and her partner, Black and Hispanic respondents were more likely than whites to indicate the pregnancy was intended and were more likely to indicate that she did not intend the pregnancy but believed her partner did. Respondents who were older at the time of conception were more likely to indicate that the pregnancy was intended by both her and her partner. There are differences in recall of pregnancy intentions as perceived by respondents. Female adolescents perceived that the male who fathered the pregnancy intended to get pregnant at that time more often than she did. Teen pregnancy prevention efforts should consider both females and males intentions to become pregnant. Keywords Pregnancy * Unintended * Teen pregnancy * Reproductive health * Female perceptions, Introduction Unintended teen pregnancy is a public health concern [1]. In 2006, a total of 435,427 infants were born to mothers aged 15-19 years [2], and more than 80% of [...]

Reduction in teenage pregnancy was one of the Health of the Nation (Department of Health (DH) 1992) targets and, although there has been a slight drop in the national pregnancy [...]

Using the 1994-1995 National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we examine the association between closeness with parents and teen beliefs regarding the consequences of pregnancy. Unlike previous studies in this area, we include measures of closeness to both mother and father and examine effects for both male and female adolescents by family type (two-biological- or two-adoptive-parent, stepfather, and single-mother families). Our findings indicate that parental closeness is most salient for boys living with two biological or adoptive parents. For girls living with two biological or adoptive parents and boys and girls living in stepfather families, controlling for other aspects of the parent-child relationship, as well as adolescent, socioeconomic, and demographic characteristics, eliminates the protective influence of closeness to parents. For teens living in single-mother families, closeness with mother has no effect on beliefs about the consequences of pregnancy. Overall, our findings indicate that it is teen beliefs regarding parental viewpoints on educational achievement and engagement in sexual activity, rather than closeness per se, that has the link to adolescent beliefs about the consequences of pregnancy.

Teens and young women in rural areas of the U.S. are more likely to have unintended pregnancies than their more urban counterparts, according to new research in AJPH's December issue, [...]

PRIOR RESEARCH INDICATES that many variables correlate with delinquency, and that many factors tend to increase the risk of subsequent delinquent behavior. Among these risk factors are birth trauma, child […]

A study was conducted to address several methdological and substantive gaps in the growing literature on pregnancy intentions. Four items are used to describe adolescent males' and females' pregnancy intentions over a two-year period. Considerable changes in respondents' intentions were found over short periods of time.

An empirical illustration of the extent, to which family heterogeneity is biasing the family fixed effects, based on the real data, is given.

A research is conducted to know how serious is the problem of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease (STD) among teenagers and their friends in America. The result indicates that 69% feels that teenage pregnancy is serious problem and 66% feels that STDs are serious problems among their friends.