SAMPLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Part I: Demographic and Socio-Economic Profile

Name: _______________________________ (optional)
Age: ___________ Age of becoming father: __________
No. of Children: _________________
Civil Status: ____________________
Highest educational attainment: __________________
Occupation: _________________
Monthly income: ______________________

Part II: Interview Questions: Please answer the following questions:

Question 1. Provocations or challenges of every teen age father going through in terms
of?

A. Emotional

A.1 How did you feel when you first learned that you are already a father?

A.2 Did your relationship with your girlfriend, wife or partner change on the
process of being a parent with your first child?

A.3 What specific attitude change when you've become a father?

A.4 What are your expectations as a father that time.?

B. Social

B.1 How does your parents feel when you first told them about the pregnancy?

- how about on the side of the woman?

B.2 How does your social life change when you've learned that you are already a
father?

B.3 What changes occur when you are already a father?

B.4 How does your behavior change from just knowing that you are a father to
being a father already?

C. Financial

C.1 If any, does your job can provide for your family?

C.2 On the time that the child is conceived, what are your financial means?
 C.3 What financial support/ assistance do you received from your parents?

C.4 What assistance did you received from the government?

Question 2. What coping mechanisms did these teenage fathers use to overcome the
challenges and struggles?

A. Do you accepted it already, when you've learned that you become a father?

If yes, the first time you've learn you become a father, what did you do?

If no, what did you do to slowly accept the fact that you are already a
father?

B. What are the things you do to find support to your family?

C. How does the people around you help you to overcome the struggles you face
becoming a father?

D. How did you perceive the child in a positive outlook?

Question 3. What are the recommendation that can be suggested to help teenage father to
cope with the challenges encountered with early parenthood?