Prevalence and Characteristics of Teen Motherhood in Canada

The study aims to examine the prevalence and characteristics of adolescent mothers throughout the provinces of Canada. The analysis was based on the Maternity Experience Survey targeting women aged ≥15 years who had singleton live births during 2005/2006 in the Canadian provinces and territories. Th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Maternal and child health journal 2012, Vol.16 (1), p.228-234
Hauptverfasser:	Al-Sahab, Ban, Heifetz, Marina, Tamim, Hala, Bohr, Yvonne, Connolly, Jennifer
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adolescents Adult Analysis Births Canada - epidemiology Children & youth Childrens health Data collection Economic factors Economics Female Girls Gynecology Health Surveys Humans Logistic Models Maternal Age Maternal and Child Health Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Mothers Mothers - psychology Older parents Pediatrics Population Economics Prairies Pregnancy Pregnancy in Adolescence - statistics & numerical data Prenatal Care Prevalence Prevalence studies (Epidemiology) Public Health Qualitative research Rape Regression analysis Risk Factors Sex crimes Sexual abuse Sexual assault Sexual Behavior Socioeconomic Factors Socioeconomics Sociology Surveys Teenage parents Teenage pregnancy Teenagers Violence Womens health Young Adult Youth
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Zusammenfassung:	The study aims to examine the prevalence and characteristics of adolescent mothers throughout the provinces of Canada. The analysis was based on the Maternity Experience Survey targeting women aged ≥15 years who had singleton live births during 2005/2006 in the Canadian provinces and territories. The main dependent variable in this study was the mother’s age at the time of delivery divided into teen mothers (
ISSN:	1092-7875 1573-6628
DOI:	10.1007/s10995-011-0750-8