[Demographic, social and health dimension of adolescent childbearing].
Despite noticeable changes in the preferences concerning forming families and growing aspirations of young people with respect to level of education, professional and social status, thousands of adolescent pregnancies and births are still recorded, also in highly developed countries. Childbearing by adolescents--many of whom demonstrate insufficient social, psychological and physical maturity to handle the role of mothers--may involve numerous negative health and social consequences to the mother and her child, both immediate and in later life. The purpose of the article is to discuss the current situation with respect to teenage fertility in Poland and Western countries, and to present possible consequences of adolescent childbearing in demographic, health and social dimensions. The paper uses data taken from birth registers and data bases concerning review of literature covering the discussed issues, in particular from results of panel and retrospective studies enabling evaluation of the risk of specific consequences to the mother and her child.
Wróblewska
Wiktoria
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Zaklad Demografii Instytut Statystyki i Demografii Szkoły Głównej Handlowej w Warszawie. wwrobl@sgh.waw.pl
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012922:Social Change; D012931:Social Environment; D019366:Western World; D055815:Young Adult