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09-25-2012, 04:50 PM
According to a study by Don Bosco Boys and Girls Center, teenage pregnancy rates are as high as 23% in five areas of the country. The findings were released at a press conference by public policy and education specialist Karina Corvalan, and Candido Encarnacion, coordinator of the Center's social affairs department.
Eighty-seven pregnant teenagers aged between 12 and 19 were interviewed for the study, which concluded that they were more likely to become pregnant when they were from areas of poverty and with a low level of education. The pregnant girls came from the poorest neighborhoods of Barahona, Mao, Jarabacoa, La Vega and sectors in Santo Domingo of Cristo Rey, Maria Auxiliadora, Villa Juana and the 12th kilometer at Haina.
The study showed that 57.6% had had their first sexual relationship between the ages of 12 and 15, 34.1% between 16 and 19 and 3.5% between 10 and 11.
20% of the partners of the pregnant girls were also teenagers but 80% were adults, a cause for both alarm and concern, said the researchers. According to the study 39% of the pregnancies were accidental, and 61% planned and accepted by both partners.
Corvalan revealed that the teenagers viewed becoming pregnant as a way of improving their living conditions and getting out of poverty, because the father of the child would provide for them. For the same reason the girls' parents also supported them as they considered having the child as an advance for their daughter.
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Eighty-seven pregnant teenagers aged between 12 and 19 were interviewed for the study, which concluded that they were more likely to become pregnant when they were from areas of poverty and with a low level of education. The pregnant girls came from the poorest neighborhoods of Barahona, Mao, Jarabacoa, La Vega and sectors in Santo Domingo of Cristo Rey, Maria Auxiliadora, Villa Juana and the 12th kilometer at Haina.
The study showed that 57.6% had had their first sexual relationship between the ages of 12 and 15, 34.1% between 16 and 19 and 3.5% between 10 and 11.
20% of the partners of the pregnant girls were also teenagers but 80% were adults, a cause for both alarm and concern, said the researchers. According to the study 39% of the pregnancies were accidental, and 61% planned and accepted by both partners.
Corvalan revealed that the teenagers viewed becoming pregnant as a way of improving their living conditions and getting out of poverty, because the father of the child would provide for them. For the same reason the girls' parents also supported them as they considered having the child as an advance for their daughter.
www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2012/9/22/248175/Estudio-indica-la-incidencia-de-embarazos-en-los-adolescentes (http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2012/9/22/248175/Estudio-indica-la-incidencia-de-embarazos-en-los-adolescentes)
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