I.

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II. Factors Affecting Teenage Pregnancy

Table 4.  Perception of the Respondents on the Causes of Teenage

Pregnancy in Terms of Friends and Peers Factor

FRIENDS AND Strongly Agree Moderately Disagree Strongly

PEERS FACTOR Agree Agree Disagree

1.   Parents work 1 2 3 4 5

outside the home
giving teenagers
time to be alone
most often.
2. Teenage couple 1 2 3 4 5
usually indulge in
sexual activities
out of curiosity.
3.  Friends are 1 2 3 4 5
likely to talk about
freedom in
indulging
premarital sex.
4.   Friends and 1 2 3 4 5
peers are likely to
joke about still
being a virgin.
5. There is 1 2 3 4 5
common place
where friends and
peers hang-out
together.
6.  Peers and 1 2 3 4 5
friends are often
permitted by
parents to go out
late at night.
7.   Drugs and 1 2 3 4 5
intoxicating drinks
are usually
introduced during
group gathering.
8.  Watching x- 1 2 3 4 5
rated movies is a
usual form of
recreation among
barkadas.
9.   Friends and 1 2 3 4 5
peers usually read
pornographic
materials when
they are together.
10.  Indulging in 1 2 3 4 5
relationship with
the opposite sex is
encouraged by
peers.

Table 5.  Perception of the Respondents on the Causes of

Teenage Pregnancy in Terms of Community Factor
Strongly Moderately Strongly
COMMUNITY Agree Disagree
Agree Agree Disagree
1.  There are out-of-
school teenagers in
the community that 1 2 3 4 5
are earning for a
living.
2.  Pregnant unwed
teenagers are often
1 2 3 4 5
frowned by people in
the community.
3.  Majority of
families in the
community have
very low income and 1 2 3 4 5
not enough to
support the needs of
the family.
4.   Mothers are
usually out from
1 2 3 4 5
home to help earn a
living.
 5.   There are cases
of teenage pregnancy 1 2 3 4 5
in the community.
6.  Elders would
gossip about
1 2 3 4 5
pregnant unwed
teenagers.
7.  Community
elders who gambles
and drink are the 1 2 3 4 5
usual people seen by
teenagers everyday.
8.  Children are
usually on their own
1 2 3 4 5
at home because of
absentee parents.
9.   Religiosity is not
manifested among
1 2 3 4 5
families in the
community.
10. The community
provides counseling
to teenagers about 1 2 3 4 5
healthy boy-girl
relationship.