- Title
- Teenage pregnancies as a management issue in township schools in George
- Creator
- Sethosa, Grace Sibongile
- Subject
- Teenage pregnancy -- South Africa
- Subject
- Sex instruction for teenagers -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2007
- Date
- 2007
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MEd
- Identifier
- vital:9543
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/678
- Identifier
- Teenage pregnancy -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Sex instruction for teenagers -- South Africa
- Description
- This study investigates the causes, consequences and possible solutions of teenage pregnancy. It indicates that socio-economic factors play an important role in the occurrence of teenage pregnancies. In addition the study suggests that a range of factors, including, cultural norms and individual needs, impact on the childbearing decisions of teenage females. The study demonstrates that the most important negative consequences of teenage pregnancy include dropping out of school, unemployment, single parenthood and higher levels of poverty. An important finding of the study is that policies and programmes aimed at reducing teen pregnancy rates, and eliminating the negative consequences experienced by teen mothers and their children, are unlikely to be fully effective unless they realistically address socio-economic imbalances faced by many young women in South Africa.
- Format
- viii, 65 leaves ; 30 cm
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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