title: Black teenage pregnancy in South Africa: some considerations.
abstract: Black teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases in South Africa have reached a threatening level. Accepting that teenage pregnancy is multi-causational, this article outlines selected consequences. It concludes that teenage pregnancy as a social problem needs reexamination in terms of two hypotheses: that the pheronomal climate has an impact on prepuberal girls; and that teenage pregnancy is nature's way of ensuring the survival of the species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Boult
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D044383:Black People; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D011203:Poverty; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D013019:South Africa