Abstract
Teenage pregnancy has been viewed as a social problem that has implications for the development and empowerment of women in South Africa. This study sought to determine the attitudes, perceptions and beliefs of a group of South African adolescents regarding teenage pregnancy.
 
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AND RATIONALE OF THE STUDY were born to mothers 16 and younger
Other items were rated as contributing to teenage pregnancy were: having sex without considering consequences such as pregnancy (57%), girls choosing to get pregnant (56%), being ashamed to use contraceptives (50%): fear of parental re.action to contraceptive use (49%), not trusting contraceptives (43%) and falling pregnant unintentionally (40%).Fewer teenagers reported that teenage pregnancy was caused by teenage girls seeking to prove that they could bear a child (23%) or the belief that occasional sex could not lead to pregnancy (19%)
As far as beliefs about consequences of teenage pregnancy is concerned, the following results emerged: 69% of the respondents believed that teenage pregnancy brought shame on the teenager's family, while 68% reported that a teenage mother faced more problems than an adult mother
Summary
AND RATIONALE OF THE STUDY were born to mothers 16 and younger. 4 000 were born to mothers under 14. Considering thal abortions have been legalised in South Africa since 1997. The rate of teenage pregnancy in South Africa has the real figure of teenage pregnancies is probably much reached alarming proportions. According to statistics higher than the official statistics. I released by the Medical Research Council, one in three girls will be pregnant before the age of 20. More and more teenagers are becoming sexually active with children as young as 13 experimenting with sex. With few teenagers using contraceptives or protection to prevent pregnancies, in one year more than 17 000 babies
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