UTJECAJ NEPLANIRANE TRUDNOĆE NA PARTNERSKI ODNOS

Unplanned pregnancy is a complex and global social phenomenon that affects on partner relationship. The results of recent studies show that almost half of the pregnancies in the United States is not planned. Women largely overcome this problem by abortion, and there is an increase in the number of women using different contraception methods. The aim of this paper is to examine how unplanned pregnancy affects on partner relationships. The paper presents the results of the research conducted in 2016 in the city of Split by a semi-structured interview on a sample of ten participants - eight women and two men. Participants were mostly young persons, highly educated and employed, who had experience of unplanned pregnancy. The obtained results show that most of the participants were in serious relationship with their partner before pregnancy. However, the news of pregnancy for most was still shocking, though later they and their parents were all happy. Most of participants were prone to enter the marriage after a certain period of pregnancy because the marriage is extremely important to them and they consider that raising children in marriage has certain advantages. They also acknowledge that relationship with their partner has gone through crisis periods, but most of them remained married after childbirth. However, participants emphasize the importance of education and contraception in order to avoid unplanned pregnancies.