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| Title: | DETERMINANTS OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY EXPERIENCE IN OYE-EKITI LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EKITI STATE, NIGERIA |
| Authors: | AIYEJURO, ESTHER FEYIKEMI
BABALOLA, BLESSING |
| Keywords: | TEENAGE PREGNANCY
EKITI STATE
NIGERIA
Pregnancy experience
Determinants
Convenience sampling
health
demographic factors |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2015 |
| Publisher: | FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OYE-EKITI |
| Citation: | Acharya,D.R., Teijlingen,E.R.V., Simkhada,P. (2009). Opportunities and Challenges in school based sex and sexual health education in Nepal, Kathmandu University Medical Journal, Vol. 7, Issue 28,445-453. |
| Series/Report no.: | DEPARTMENT OF DEMOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL STATISTICS PROJECT;DSS/11/0120 |
| Abstract: | Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest levels of teenage pregnancies in the world. It is often
debated in literature as reasons of health concern and social problems (World Health
Organization, 2008). This study hypothesizes that demographic factors do not significantly
influence teenage pregnancy experience in Oye-Ekiti.
Data was collected via self-administered structured questionnaire to assess young girls’ on
Determinants of Teenage Pregnancy experience in Oye-Ekiti.
Convenience sampling technique was used doing the study. Three information selected for this
study are Ayegbaju, Ilupeju, Oye located government. A minimum of 80 participants were
selected from the three study areas, making a total of 250 participants. |
| Description: | Teenagers between ages 10-19 were interviewed. Majority of the respondents ranged between 15-19 years and most were still schooling either in secondary schools or tertiary institutions.
Majority were Christians while very few of them were Muslims. About a third of the respondents were in union either through formal marriage or informal union when they found out that they were pregnant. The parent occupation was also used to determine teenage pregnancy. Most of the respondents’ parents were traders and civil servants. Their parents’ level of education was examined too, particularly to identify whether the level of their education had influences on their daughters engaging in teenage pregnancy. Teenager whose parents had tertiary education had the highest frequency followed by teenagers’ whose parent had secondary education. |
| URI: | http://repository.fuoye.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1178 |
| ISSN: | DSS/11/0120 |
| Appears in Collections: | Demography and Social Statistics Course Outline
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