WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RISE IN TEENAGE PREGNANCY? "I’m pregnant!" These were the words echoing in fifteen year old Tina’s head. How was she going to relate this to her ’barely-legal’ boyfriend? Likewise‚ how would she convey this to her mother? Teenage pregnancy continues to rise rampantly in most parts of the world. The factors contributing to teenage pregnancy are lack of knowledge‚ increase in sexual activity at an early age‚ sexual abuse‚ lack of supervision and peer pressure. The
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Cause and Effect Essay: Teenage Pregnancy Teenage Pregnancy is one of the most alarming issues in our world today. Many teenagers engage themselves in sexual intercourse with their partners just to be “in” with their friends. Surprisingly‚ some countries even celebrate early teenage pregnancy‚ as it is a clear sign of fertility. But moderately‚ a teenage girl being pregnant before adulthood is critically looked down upon with shame. In 2009‚ around 410‚000 teenage girls‚ ages 15 to 19‚ gave birth
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statement of the problem. INTRODUCTION Teenage pregnancy refers to pregnancy in a female under the age of 20. Lack of awareness about the causes and effects of teenage pregnancy is more often than not‚ a result of lack of proper communication between teenagers and their parents. Government statistics on female adolescent pregnancies indicate that the total number of annual births changed little over the preceding 10 years‚ but the number of teenage pregnancies rose 70 percent‚ from 114‚205 in 1999
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Teenage Pregnancy In Philippines Teenage Pregnancy In Philippines Teen pregnancies in the Philippines By Rebecca B. Singson Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 00:55:00 06/14/2008 Filed Under: Health‚ Lifestyle & Leisure‚ Gender Issues (First in a series) MANILA‚ Philippines? The sexual revolution has ushered in a period in which the average adolescent experiences tremendous pressures to have sexual experiences of all kinds. Filipino teens get a higher exposure to sex from the
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CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND TEENAGE PREGNANCY A Literature Review INTRODUCTION Pregnancy rates among adolescent females have fallen steadily since 1990‚ from 116.9 pregnancies per 1‚000 women aged 15-19 in 1990 to 75.4 pregnancies per 1‚000 female teens the same age in 2002. Teens aged 15 to 17 experienced a decline in pregnancy rates of more than thirty percent‚ from 74.2 pregnancies per 1‚000 in 1990 to 42.3 pregnancies per 1‚000 in 2002. The rates for teens aged 18 to 19 also declined between
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Bicol University College of Nursing Legazpi City TEENAGE PREGNANCY TREND IN POBLACION BACON‚ SORSOGON CITY Submitted by: Sheena Angela B. Diolata BSN II-B Submitted to: Professor Emee I. Tomenio Biostatistics Professor The Problem Introduction "HUMAYO KAYO AT MAGPAKARAMI!!" GOD told to NOAH after the great flood. What does He really meant with that word? Does He mean to multiply in flesh or spread people’s faith? Teenagers in 21st century are very impulsive and
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Sociological theories can be divided into two categories‚ macro-sociological and micro-sociological theories‚ otherwise known as structural and action theories‚ respectively. As sociological theories‚ they both aim to explain the society we live in‚ but differ in where they choose to focus their explanation‚ with macro-sociological theories observing society as shaping the individuals that live in it‚ and micro-sociological theories observing individuals as shaping the society they live in. Structural
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Sociological theories and religion SOC/101 Kathleen Marker July 9‚ 2012 Sociological theories and religion Many question religion and the effect it could have over a person or a group. Religion is a very powerful and influential force in human society. Some think that religion is just someone’s imagination or something fictional. Religion plays a major part in the way people and their families operate. What religious background a
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SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYTICAL THEORIES Name:Stanley Mutagurwa Professor: Arlis Barclay Course:SOC291 Date:October 17th 2012 Sociological analytical theories are ideologies based on observation and empirical analysis of societies and their behavior. We have come to learn more about societies and their behavior through the use of different sociological analytical theories. However‚ some theories have lost favor from people due to changes in both time and space while others have widely been
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Deviance is a universal & complex theory in the world of sociology. We spend a lot of time in class talking about how society fits together & how it functions but we can’t just cover all of the bases without getting to know the people that don’t fit in society and how they get to be the way‚ they are. A person who believes in God would view a person who believes in satanism as deviant because they are praising a phenomenon that does evil instead of good. In sociology deviance means‚ an
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