Abstract

RAMOS RANGEL, Yamila; BORGES CABALLERO, Deyanila  and  MARTA VALLADARES, Anais. Socio-demographic characteristics of teenage motherhood. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.1, pp.31-49. ISSN 1727-8120.

Basis: Teenagers constitute a vulnerable group and motherhood during this period is a topical problem. Objective: Setting out socio-demographic and motherhood characteristics in teenage mothers from Cumanayagua municipality from September to May 2014. Method: Descriptive study, cross section (convergence paradigm). The population consisted of 35 teenage mothers and their children. A socio-demographic data form, document analysis as well as semi-structured interview were used. The results were processed by the SPSS statistical package for Windows and frequency and percentage tables were used. Results: Late stage teenage mothers with the average ages of 17, 18 and 19 prevailed; school dropouts (68.6 %); more than 50 % of them live with their parents with or without a partner; planned pregnancies (71 %) ; occurrence of full-term births (88.6%); ectopic childbirths (74.3%); good physical health states (77.1 %); good psychological states (80%); family support perception (91.4%). Conclusions: Those late stage teenage mothers who were characterized by motherhood perceived in a satisfactory way, counted on family support, romantic ties, low physical and psychological health risk perception.

Keywords : teenage mothers; socio-demographic characteristics; motherhood.

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