Salami Kabiru K, Ayegboyin Matthew, Adedeji Isaac A
Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria.
Afr Health Sci. 2014 Dec;14(4):959-66. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v14i4.27.
Consistent high teenage pregnancy rates in South-western Nigeria are characteristically underpinned by the unmet social needs of the teenagers.
To elicit intergenerational views on the influence of unmet social needs on teenage pregnancy.
Through a descriptive and cross-sectional design, a total of 174 respondents who were either pregnant teenagers, teenage mothers during the survey or had been pregnant as teenagers, were interviewed, using questionnaire supplemented with 12 key informant interviews.
With the mean age of 16.5 years, and educational status range of between primary and below (25.8%) and tertiary (9.8%) levels, only 39.7% respondents were married, about half (47.7%) remained single while others were separated (12.6%). Less than half (44.9%) of the respondents were engaged in occupational activities. The unmet material and financial supports expected from parents (43.1%), the lack of free education from government up till secondary school level (51.2%), the lack of sex education and knowledge needs for signs of maturity (53.4%) and discouragement from friends not to have boyfriend (66.1%) prone teenagers to unplanned pregnancy.
Promotion of sexual education and parental care is encouraged as strategy against unplanned pregnancy among teenagers.
尼日利亚西南部青少年怀孕率持续居高不下，其特点是青少年未得到满足的社会需求。
了解代际对未满足的社会需求对青少年怀孕影响的看法。
通过描述性横断面设计，对174名受访者进行访谈，这些受访者要么是怀孕青少年、调查期间的青少年母亲，要么曾在青少年时期怀孕，采用问卷调查并辅以12次关键 informant访谈。
受访者平均年龄为16.5岁，教育程度在小学及以下（25.8%）和大专（9.8%）之间，只有39.7%的受访者已婚，约一半（47.7%）仍单身，其他则分居（12.6%）。不到一半（44.9%）的受访者从事职业活动。父母未提供的物质和经济支持（43.1%）、政府未提供直至中学水平的免费教育（51.2%）、缺乏性教育和成熟迹象的知识需求（53.4%）以及朋友劝阻不要交男朋友（66.1%）使青少年容易意外怀孕。
鼓励推广性教育和父母关爱，作为预防青少年意外怀孕的策略。
