Abstract

Teenage pregnancy has long been a global issue. This may be due to the fact that the knowledge and use of contraception are lowest among adolescents. Moreover, some researchers concluded that very young pregnant women had a positive perception of their pregnancy, anticipating that the child would have a positive impact on them. Therefore, the researchers conducted the study to assess the teenagers’ knowledge and perspectives on teenage pregnancy at selected barangay of Echague, Isabela, Philippines in order to determine various areas of competency that was lacking in this population. Non-probability sampling method was used under convenience sampling to gather a total of 95 sample size. A slightly modified survey questionnaire was also used. The result of the survey and statistical analysis using Pearson Correlation Coefficient showed that there was no significant relationship between teenager’s perception of their knowledge on reproduction, contraception and perspective on teenage pregnancy when group according to their age and educational attainment because they lack of firsthand experience regarding these matters. Moreover, with the use of Independent Sample T-test, it was revealed that there was no significant difference when grouped according to sex because females outnumbered the males by almost half.

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