Gyan Sylvia Esther, Ahorlu Collins, Dzorgbo Dan-Bright S, Fayorsey Clara K
*Department of Sociology,University of Ghana,Ghana.
†Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research,University of Ghana,Ghana.
J Biosoc Sci. 2017 May;49(3):334-347. doi: 10.1017/S002193201600047X. Epub 2016 Sep 20.
This study focuses on how older adolescent girls access and utilize social capital to develop resilience against teenage pregnancy in Begoro, Ghana. A survey of 419 non-pregnant girls aged 15-19 years, selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling technique, was conducted in 2012. Qualitative data were gathered through in-depth interviews with ten girls purposively selected from the survey respondents. Parents, relatives, teachers and religious groups were found to be important sources of social capital for the non-pregnant girls in developing resilience against teenage pregnancy. In addition, resilient girls tended to rely on multiple sources of social capital. It is recommended that stakeholders and policymakers in Ghana ensure that these significant sources of social capital in adolescent girls' sexual experience are equipped with the right information to help girls decrease the risk of teenage pregnancy.
本研究聚焦于加纳贝戈罗地区年龄稍大的少女如何获取和利用社会资本来培养抵御少女怀孕的能力。2012年，采用多阶段整群抽样技术选取了419名年龄在15至19岁之间的未怀孕少女进行了一项调查。通过对从调查对象中特意挑选出的10名女孩进行深入访谈收集了定性数据。研究发现，父母、亲属、教师和宗教团体是这些未怀孕少女培养抵御少女怀孕能力的重要社会资本来源。此外，有韧性的女孩往往依赖多种社会资本来源。建议加纳的利益相关者和政策制定者确保在少女的性经历中这些重要的社会资本来源能够获得正确信息，以帮助女孩降低少女怀孕的风险。
