Parental marital status and peer influence as corelates of teenage pregnancy among female teens in south-south Nigeria

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
FN Ugoji
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Parental Marital Status

scholarly journals Suffer the Children? Divorce and Child Welfare in Postwar Britain

2020 ◽  
pp. 036319902094574
Author(s):  
Rosemary Elliot
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Parental Divorce ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Parental Marital Status ◽  
The Relationship

This article explains why a consensus emerged in the 1950s that courts should be satisfied with the arrangements made for children before parental divorce was granted. I locate this within an evolving child welfare landscape in the context of high levels of divorce in England. The issues at stake were the relationship of child welfare to parental marital status, how this should be established in individual cases, and the legitimacy and boundaries of state intervention in divorce cases. Such developments were absent in Scotland, where the Scottish judiciary believed in upholding the autonomy of parents to make their own arrangements.

Suicidal behaviour in adolescents: Associations with parental marital status and perceived parent–adolescent relationship

2005 ◽  
Vol 89 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 107-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaat Ponnet ◽  
Robert Vermeiren ◽  
Ine Jespers ◽  
Belo Mussche ◽  
Vladislav Ruchkin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Suicidal Behaviour ◽  
Adolescent Relationship ◽  
Parental Marital Status

scholarly journals The quality of close relationships in adulthood: the role of sociodemographic and environmental factors

TIMS Acta ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-84
Author(s):  
Nikolina Kuruzović
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Parental Marital Status ◽  
The Relationship

In order to better understand the phenomenon of the quality of different types of close relationships of adults, we have investigated several determinants which define them more clearly. We focused on the relational differences of the respondents according to several sociodemographic (age, gender, employment, marital status and children) and environmental factors (structure and relationships in the family). A total of 400 males and females, ranging from 19 to 51 years, completed a general questionnaire. It collected the data related to sociodemographic and environmental characteristics, as well as the Social Relations Network Inventory (NRI), which assessed the quality of five types of close relationships. The results indicate significant differences between the respondents in the quality of individual close relationships, based on the factors of age, gender, employment, marital status and parenthood, as well as according to the factors of the quality of family relations and parental marital status. The identified differences are particularly pronounced in terms of the quality of the relationship with the mother and the quality of the relationship with the friend, which is explained by the characteristic nature of these relationships, as well as the developmental roles and tasks of the adulthood.

scholarly journals CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN BORNO STATE OF NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNSELLING

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Alhaji Mustapha Umara ◽  
Bukar Umar Ngohi
Keyword(s):  
Moral Education ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
State Government ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
Premature Death ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Chi Square

The study was a survey that investigated the causes and consequences of teenage pregnancy in Borno State, Nigeria. A total of 1,500 parents participated in the study from 15 high, medium and low density residential areas of Maiduguri Metropolis. The sample consisted of 874 (58.27%) males and 626 (41.73%) females. A questionnaire tagged Causes and Consequences of Teenage Pregnancy (CACOTEP) developed by the researchers was used to collect data for the study. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistical techniques of frequency counts, percentages and rank ordering. Chi-square (x2) was also used to test the null-hypothesis at 0.05 alpha level of significance. Results of the study indicated poverty, experimenting sex, early sexual debut, single parenting, broken homes, street hawking, lack of moral education, rape, peer influence and exposure to pornographic films as some of the causes of teenage pregnancy while abortion, expulsion from school, loss of self-esteem, risk of contracting HIV/AIDS, VVF, RVF, premature labour/birth and premature death were some of the consequences of teenage pregnancy in Borno State, Nigeria. Significant relationship does not exist between gender and teenage pregnancy as revealed by the study. Sex education/reproductive health education, moral education, discouraging street hawking and inculcating positive social values by counsellors, parents, community and religious leaders using both print and electronic (visual and blind) media, hand bills and staging dramas on the negativities of teenage pregnancy were some of the implications for counselling proffered. It is recommended that the Borno State government should stop girls from hawking, introduce females’ entrepreneurship centers and build counselling centers to engage services of certified counsellors with a view to halting the menace through moral/religious counselling.  

scholarly journals Young Men’s Perceptions of Teenage Pregnancy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwatoyin Adewole ◽  
Oluwaseun Otubanjo
Keyword(s):  
Sex Education ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Unplanned Pregnancy ◽  
Young Men ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Unprotected Sex

The purpose of the qualitative study was to understand the perceptions and experiences of young men who lived in a county of Texas regarding teenage pregnancy. Face-to-face audio-taped interviews were conducted with 20 young men between ages 18 and 21. Five major themes and one subtheme were uncovered from the interview: unplanned pregnancy/attitude to unprotected sex, being a father at an early age, wanting sex education in the school curriculum, advice for other young men, and desiring parent’s role in sex education. The sub-theme was early childhood education to start at home. The findings of this study demonstrate that young men, like young women, have concerns about teenage pregnancy, contraceptive use, sex education, parent roles, media, and peer influence on teenagers’ sexual decision making. Knowledge about men’s developmental stages could mean a better understanding of young men’s behavior, attitude, and perception about teenage pregnancy. Involving young men in pregnancy prevention programs could improve understanding of the social psychology of men’s development stages and perceive their sexual relationships.

scholarly journals Parental marital status significantly influence risk for childhood obesity

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatma G Huffman ◽  
Sankarabharan Kanikireddy
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Parental Marital Status
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