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<p>The objective of the present study was to explore what demographic and socioeconomic factors were associated with adolescent (younger than 20 years) and adult mothers living in Romania. In total, 274 adolescent and adult mothers were recruited from two maternity wards Romanian maternity wards. The mean age of the sample was 24.64 years (<italic>SD</italic> = 6.907, range: 13–44 years). Independent samples t-tests, Pearson’s chi square, Cramer’s V, and risk ratios were used to assess differences in continuous and categorical demographics variables between adolescent and adult mothers. This study has shown that maternity among adolescent mothers younger than 20 years has broad sociodemographic determinations, and, consequently, the socio-economic implications could be long-term as well as costly.</p>
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The objective of the present study was to explore what demographic and socioeconomic factors were associated with adolescent (younger than 20 years) and adult mothers living in Romania. In total, 274 adolescent and adult mothers were recruited from two maternity wards Romanian maternity wards. The mean age of the sample was 24.64 years (SD = 6.907, range: 13–44 years). Independent samples t-tests, Pearson’s chi square, Cramer’s V, and risk ratios were used to assess differences in continuous and categorical demographics variables between adolescent and adult mothers. This study has shown that maternity among adolescent mothers younger than 20 years has broad sociodemographic determinations, and, consequently, the socio-economic implications could be long-term as well as costly.

Predictors of Adolescent Motherhood in Romania

Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Medicine and Pharmacy University of Oradea

University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest

Social Change Review

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The objective of the present study was to explore what demographic and socioeconomic factors were associated with adolescent (younger than 20 years) and adult...

Predictors of Adolescent Motherhood in Romania

Data publikacji: 26 gru 2022

Zakres stron: 29 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scr-2021-0002

Słowa kluczowe
Adolescent mother, Adult mother, Teenage pregnancy, Adolescent pregnancy, Romania

© 2021 Ecaterina Stativa et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Predictors of Adolescent Motherhood in Romania

Data publikacji: 26 gru 2022

Zakres stron: 29 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scr-2021-0002

Słowa kluczoweAdolescent mother, Adult mother, Teenage pregnancy, Adolescent pregnancy, Romania

© 2021 Ecaterina Stativa et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
Adolescent mother, Adult mother, Teenage pregnancy, Adolescent pregnancy, Romania