Heilborn Maria Luiza, Cabral Cristiane S
Institute of Social Medicine, State University of Rio de Janeiro (IMS/UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
ISRN Obstet Gynecol. 2011;2011:975234. doi: 10.5402/2011/975234. Epub 2011 Sep 5.
THIS PAPER BRINGS A SYNTHESIS OF SOME OF THE MAIN RESULTS PROVIDED BY GRAVAD SURVEY (TEENAGE PREGNANCY: multicentric study about youth, sexuality and reproduction in Brazil). GRAVAD is a study about sexual and reproductive behavior among Brazilian youth that interviewed 4,634 individuals in a population survey with a random sample. Women and men between 18 and 24 years old were interviewed in three capitals-Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador. "Teen pregnancy" is not the consequence of promiscuous sexual activities, as popular beliefs currently state. It is often ignored that amidst the poorer social segments parenthood is seen as a sign of social status, given the lack of professional perspectives. Among the middle class, other sociocultural horizons give parenthood the status of an experience to be lived in later moments of live, when one's professional and financial lives have been consolidated.
本文综合了格拉瓦德调查（青少年怀孕：巴西青少年、性与生殖的多中心研究）提供的一些主要结果。格拉瓦德是一项关于巴西青年性与生殖行为的研究，在一项随机抽样的人口调查中采访了4634人。在阿雷格里港、里约热内卢和萨尔瓦多这三个首府对18至24岁的女性和男性进行了访谈。“青少年怀孕”并非如当前流行观点所说的那样，是滥交性行为的结果。人们常常忽略的是，在较贫困的社会阶层中，鉴于缺乏职业前景，为人父母被视为社会地位的一种象征。在中产阶级中，其他社会文化观念则赋予为人父母一种在人生后期经历的地位，那时个人的职业和经济生活已经稳固。
