Beck A, Hoffellner L
Zentralbl Gynakol. 1977;99(21):1305-13.
234 Austrian women gave birth to a child in the years 1972--74 before the age of 18. 95 of them were invited to an interview and interrogated about changes in their life-situation due to the birth. The general attitude was, if they could choose again the date of the first pregnancy they would prefer after 20 years. No correlation was found between early menarche and early sexual intercourse. For 60 of the women pregnancy was the reason for their marriage. Most of the young women had experience with contraceptives, but did not use them for different reasons. After the birth of the child most of them took the pill, but there are 11 women left without any contraception, exposing themselves to the risk of a repeat pregnancy. Young age at birth has an impact upon pre-vocational training: either through interruption of the training or through total discontinuation of their education. A possible solution of the present unsatisfactory situation for young pregnant women and their social problems are interdisciplinary projects for the guidance of adolescents in some centers in the USA.
1972年至1974年间，234名奥地利女性在18岁之前生育了子女。其中95人受邀接受访谈，询问她们因生育导致的生活状况变化。她们的普遍态度是，如果能再次选择首次怀孕的时间，她们会选择在20岁之后。初潮早与过早发生性行为之间未发现关联。60名女性因怀孕而结婚。大多数年轻女性有过使用避孕药具的经历，但因各种原因未使用。生育子女后，她们中的大多数人开始服用避孕药，但仍有11名女性未采取任何避孕措施，面临再次怀孕的风险。生育年龄过小会影响职业前培训：要么培训中断，要么完全终止学业。美国一些中心开展的青少年指导跨学科项目可能是解决目前年轻孕妇不尽人意的状况及其社会问题的办法。
