A decade later: follow-up review of South African research on the consequences of and contributory factors in teen-aged pregnancy

Macleod, Catriona I; Tracey, Tiffany

Title: A decade later: follow-up review of South African research on the consequences of and contributory factors in teen-aged pregnancy
Creator: Macleod, Catriona I, Tracey, Tiffany
Date: 2010
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:6276
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008276
Identifier: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/008124631004000103
Description: In this paper, we review South African research conducted in the last 10 years on the consequences of and contributory factors in teen-aged pregnancy. We discuss research into the rates of teen-aged pregnancy, the intentionality and wantedness of pregnancy, the disruption of schooling, health issues, consequences for the children, welfare concerns, knowledge and use of contraception, timing of sexual debut, age of partner, coercive sexual relations, cultural factors and health service provision. We compare this discussion to the reviews on the same topic appearing in the South African Journal of Psychology a decade ago. We find that there are several changes in focus in the research on pregnancy amongst young women. We conclude that, in general, there has been an improvement in the breadth of data available, mostly as a result of representative national and local surveys. A better teasing out of nuances around particular issues and a grappling with theoretical issues are also evident in recent research.
Format: 27 pages, pdf
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Language: English
Relation: Macleod, C. and Tracey, T. (2010) A decade later: follow-up review of South African research on the consequences of and contributory factors in teen-aged pregnancy. South African Journal of Psychology, 40 (1). pp. 18-31. ISSN 0081-2463. http://sap.sagepub.com/content/40/1/18.short

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