Teenage Pregnancy

NSTP2 Lecture 05
What are your usual expenses everyday?
The usual expenses of a child alone are:
Teenage Pregnancy
Teenage pregnancy, also known as adolescent pregnancy,
is pregnancy in a female under the age of 20. Pregnancy can occur with
sexual intercourse after the start of ovulation, which can be before the
first menstrual period (menarche) but usually occurs after the onset of
periods.
- Calendar or Rhythm method
- Contraceptives
- Abstinence
Overpopulation
NSTP2 Lecture 05
Overpopulation
Overpopulation refers to a population which exceeds its
sustainable size within a particular environment or habitat.
Overpopulation results from an increased birth rate, decreased
death rate, the immigration to a new ecological niche with fewer
predators, or the sudden decline in available resources.
Therefore, overpopulation describes a situation in which a
population in a given ecosystem limit the resources available for
survival.
The Malthusian Theory
Thomas Malthus was an 18th-century British philosopher and
economist noted for the Malthusian growth model, an
exponential formula used to project population growth.
The theory states that food production will not be able to keep
up with growth in the human population, resulting in disease,
famine, war, and calamity.

Food increases in arithmetic progression

People increase in geometric progression
Thomas Malthus theorized that populations grew in geometric progression. A
geometric progression is a sequence of numbers where each term after the first
is found by multiplying the previous one by a fixed, non-zero number called the
common ratio. For example, in the sequence 2, 10, 50, 250, 1250, the common
ratio is 5.

Additionally, he stated that food production increases in arithmetic progression.

An arithmetic progression is a sequence of numbers such that the difference
between the consecutive terms is constant. For example, in series 2, 5, 8, 11,
14, 17, the common difference of 3. He derived this conclusion due to the Law
of Diminishing Returns.

From this, we can conclude that populations will grow faster than the supply of
food. This exponential population growth will lead to a shortage of food.
A. Positive Checks or Natural Checks
He believed that natural forces would correct the imbalance between
food supply and population growth in the form of natural disasters such
as floods and earthquakes and human-made actions such as wars and
famines.

B. Preventative Checks
To correct the imbalance, Malthus also suggested using preventative
measures to control the growth of the population. These measures
include family planning, late marriages, and celibacy.
The Philippine capital is one of the most overpopulated places
on earth. There are few other areas where so many people live
so closely together: On average there are 41,282 people per
square kilometre, but in some slum regions there are as many as
88,000 people living per square kilometre.
Synthesis
The role of education is highlighted in almost all situations concerning
social problems / issue. This gives us now an avenue to concentrate
since education addresses most (if not all) social issues the country is
facing. With education, more people will be informed and will be able
to reform their lifestyle and outlook, which in turn improves their way
of life and how they deal with health concerns, employment,
productivity and even progress.
References

Prospektphoto.net
Biologydictionary.net
Investopia..com
Intelligenteconomist.com
Filipino-orphans.org
Plan-international.org
Google images and Wikipedia

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