Adolescent Pregnancy: Voices Heard in the Everyday Lives of Pregnant Teenagers
Description:
The purpose of this study is to examine the problems that pregnant teenagers encounter at school and at home while they are trying to complete their high school education. Data were collected by in-depth interviews. Twenty pregnant adolescents, who were between the ages of 15 through 18, and were participants in a special teen pregnancy program were interviewed.
The major findings in this study included the respondents': 1) unstable family life histories, 2) denial that they were pregnant, 3) …
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Date:
December 1995
Creator:
Oviedo, Sonia