Brief report: A socio-demographic profile of multiparous teenage mothers.

Full Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Delineate a socio-demographic profile of multiparous teenage mothers at a public hospital in Brazil. METHOD: This is a cross-sectional study consisting of 915 interviews with teenage girls, including 170 multiparous subjects whose babies were born alive. RESULTS: The multiparous teenage mothers had the following average characteristics: 17.8 years old; first pregnancy at 16 years; beginning of sexual life at 14.2 years; dropped out of school at 13.6 years; attended school for 6 years with only 10% still attending school when they were interviewed; 87.4% had prenatal exams; monthly income was reported to be 0.3% less than the national minimum salary. CONCLUSION: Teenage mothers are in need of better social, educational, and health care in order to have a greater chance of a positive motherhood experience, thereby creating a better, healthier environment for their children.

Author information

Author/s: de Fátima Rato Padin, Maria (M); de Souza e Silva, Rebeca (R); Chalem, Elisa (E); Mitsuhiro, Sandro Sendin (SS); Barros, Marina Moraes (MM); Guinsburg, Ruth (R); Laranjeira, Ronaldo (R);

Affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. fatimaratopadin(-atsign-)yahoo.com.br

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of adolescence (J Adolesc), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Jun; vol 32 (issue 3) : pp 715-21

Dates: Created 2009/05/04; Completed 2009/08/11;

PMID: 19261325, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 8/21/2009, IMS Date: )

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