ABSTRACT
The main concern of this study was to final out the
teenage pregnancy and how it affects the educational development of our
teenagers in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The study emphasized
on the factor behind teenage pregnancy in the local government. The study
revealed that teenage pregnancy is as a result of the following, teenage girls
having relationship with older male counterparts, watching pornographic films
without adult guidance, giving them out in marriage to prevent them from prostituting
inadequate information on sex education. The study indicated that despite the
attitudes parents towards teaching of sex education, there were some problems,
which need to be seriously looked into by the Kaduna state government, such as
the inclusion of sex education at home or at school. The study also emphasized
on the attitudes of the local government area on the concept on teenage
pregnancy and it was discovered by the researcher that sex education is need in
the Nation’s school in view of the current incidence of teenage pregnancies,
child abandonment, illegal abortion, rape and sexually transmitted diseases.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page
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Declaration - - - - - - - - - ii
Approval page - - - - - - - - - iii
Dedication - - - - - - - - - iv
Acknowledgement- - - - - - - - v
Abstract - - - - - - - - - - vi
Table of contents - - - - - - - - vii
List of tables - - - - - - - - - ix
CHAPTER ONE
1.0
Introduction- - - - - - - - - 1
1.1
Statement of the problem - - - - - 3
1.2
Significance of
the study - - - - - - 4
1.3
Research
questions - - - - - - - 4
1.4
Delimitation of
the study- - - - - - - 5
1.5
Limitation of
study
CHAPTER TWO –
Literature Review
2.0
Concept of
teenage pregnancy - - - - - 7
2.1
Disadvantages of
teenage pregnancy - - - 10
CHAPTER THREE
–Research Methodology
3.0
Introduction - - - - - - - - - 15
3.1
Research
instrument - - - - - - 15
3.2
Population and
sample selection - - - - - 16
3.3
Procedure of
data collection - - - - - 17
3.4
Treatment of
data - - - - - - - 18
CHAPTER FOUR –
Presentation and Analysis of Data
4.0
Findings - - - - - - - - - 19
4.1
Analysis of Data
Base on
Respondents Demographic
Information - - - 19
4.2
Concept of
Teenage Pregnancy Based on Research
Questions - - - - - - - - 21
4.3
Advantages and
Disadvantages of Teenage Pregnancy - 27
CHAPTER FIVE –
Summary, Conclusion & Recommendations
5.0 Summary - - - - -- - - - 29
5.1 Conclusion- - - - - - - - - 30
5.2 Recommendations
- - - - - - - - 31
References - - - - - - - - 33
Appendix A - - - - - - - - - 34
Appendix B - - - - - - - - - 35
LIST OF TABLES
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TABLE 1: Respondent’s
Name Of District
TABLE 2: Respondent’s
Sex
TABLE 3: Respondent’s
Age
TABLE 4: Respondent’s
view on free assess to pornographic films without the presence of adult
guidance on sex education causes teenage pregnancy
TABLE 5: Respondent’s
view on teenage pregnancy occur as a result of relationship with older male
counterparts
TABLE 6: Respondent’s
view on does cultural upbringing and religious inclination affect teenage
pregnancy
TABLE 7: Respondent’s
view on does teenage pregnancy affect young girls performance in school
TABLE 8: Respondent’s
view on are there adequate knowledge and proper guidance on teenage
pregnancy
TABLE 9: Respondent’s
view on teenage girls should not be given sex education before they reach
maturity
TABLE 10: Respondent’s view on it is Immoral
to talk About Sex
TABLE 11: Respondent’s view on reproductive
organs of teenage girls should be allowed to mature before given them out in
marriage
TABLE 12: Respondent’s view on early marriage
are contracted to prevent teenage girls from prostituting
TABLE 13: Respondent’s view on teenage
pregnancy encourages early marriage and early fertility
TABLE 14: Respondent’s view on teenage
pregnancy imposes a permanent damage or disadvantage to the victim.
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CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Baldwin (1950) viewed
teenage stage, as a period where reactivation of the `sexual drives that has
been inactive during the latency period. He said teenagers are on the boundary
between childhood and adulthood and they are faced with the choice of a whole
way of life in terms of their job, their ethics and so forth. He further said
that to find this in the face of many alternative roles, individuals must
decide what they want to do and whether they are able to do it, they must take
responsibility for decisions that may shape the rest of their life or destroy
it. And to take this independent step, persons need a real sense of identity of
their own worth as individuals and their esteem and he said our culture does
not make it easy for our teenagers to take this step in life.
Watson and Lindgren (1979) gave the
definition of a teenager simply as the period or stage of development that
separates childhood from adulthood. They said it is also difficult to indicate
the limits of a teenager; at what point does it begins and what point does it
end, they said the characteristics of a teenager first shows themselves about
10, 11, or 12 years of age with the subtle changes In behaviour and appearance,
then it becomes most obvious at puberty with the start of the menstrual cycle
in girls.
Longman dictionary of contemporary
English (1995) gave a definition of pregnancy as the period of time when a
woman is pregnant while pregnant on the other hand having an unborn baby
growing inside an individuals body. So therefore, teenage pregnancy is a period
of time by which a girl is carrying or having an unborn baby growing inside her
womb.
World Health Organization (2004) opined
that a teenager is a person between 15-19 years of age, they said it is a
period where an individual is shaped and prepared for adulthood
responsibilities they said also that there are advantages and disadvantages of
teenage pregnancy or having a baby at ones teenage stage, they went ahead to
say that when you are younger the benefits are usually associated with greater
fertility a more healthy pregnancy and a quicker recovery after birth. But the
down side is that your social life, education and training can be severely
disrupted just when it might be taking off into an interesting direction.
Moreso, they said some teenagers are much more capable of looking after a child than the older women because
late motherhood or late pregnancy has a greater risk of complications in the
pregnancy and reduce fertility. Being older, they said can also be more
exhausting looking after growing children.
1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
This
study was concerned with the advantages and disadvantages of teenage pregnancy
in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. For clarity of purposes:-
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Teenage girls do
not have adequate knowledge of protecting themselves from unwanted pregnancy.
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Given them out
in marriage early and then using the benefits they get from the girls husband
to train their male children in school.
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Their male counterparts taken advantage of
them by abusing them sexually.
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Leaving school
because of unwanted pregnancy.
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Giving them out
in marriage early to prevent them from prostituting.
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Getting pregnant
even when their reproductive organs have not fully developed.
1.2 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Teenage pregnancy has continued to be a
major concern not to Kaduna teenage girls only but also to Nigeria at large.
This study may then serve as a pioneer efforts towards the understanding of
teenage pregnancy to Kaura Local Government
Area. The result of the study may help policy makers particularly,
educational planners in Kaduna State to design more appropriate instructional
Programmes on teenage pregnancy.
The result of the study may also help to
highlight some of the diseases that are associated with teenage pregnancy like
Vesico Virgina Fistular (VVF) and Rector Virgina fistular (RVF). The study may
also provide the basis for further research on teenage pregnancy.
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
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Teenage
pregnancies occur as a result of relationship with older male counterparts.
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Free assess to
pornographic films without the presence of adult guidance on sex education.
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Are there
adequate knowledge and proper guidance on teenage pregnancy.
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Are there any
benefits and dangers of teenage pregnancy to teenage girls and the society at
large.
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Does cultural
upbringing and religious inclination affect teenage pregnancy.
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Does teenage
pregnancy affect young girls performance in school.
1.4 DELIMITATION
At
the time of the study there were a thousand staff working with Kaura local
government area. These were: four hundred (400) were senior staff, three
hundred(300) were junior staff and the rest were messengers, cleaners and
security men.
However, this study was limited to
two(2) areas in Kaura local government area.
1.5
LIMITATIONS
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Transportation
to Kaura local government to collect information for the study posed a problem
to the researcher.
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Lack of fund
posed a major constraint during the conduct of the study.
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The poor weather
with the slippery condition of the untarred roads made traveling difficult
during the study.
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Some local
government staff were shy to talk about teenage pregnancy with the researcher.
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