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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS...........................................................................................................................1
CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................2
A.BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY...................................................................................................2
B.STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM.................................................................................................3
C.SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY......................................................................................................3
D.SCOPE AND DELIMINATION OF THE STUDY...........................................................................4
CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE........................................................................5
A.CONCEPTUAL LITERATURE........................................................................................................5
B.RESEARCH LITERATURE.............................................................................................................5
C.DEFINITION OF TERM........................................................................................................................8
CHAPTER III : METHOLOGY.................................................................................................................9
A.RESEARCH DESIGN.......................................................................................................................9
B.RESEARCH LOCALE......................................................................................................................9
C.POPULATION AND RESEARCH SAMPLING............................................................................10
D.RESEARCH INSTRUMENT..........................................................................................................10
E.DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE..............................................................................................10
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CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION

A.BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Now. It is fair to wonder why we have chosen this topic and here is the answer.

First of all we chose this topic which is Teenage Pregnancy because teenage

pregnancy is the pregnancy of underage girls in the age of 13 to 19 years old.

Teenage Girls can become pregnant due to a variety of reasons, which include

long term relationships and dating. Teenage mothers are more likely to suffer from

depression and emotional problems if they are not taken care of properly.

Consequences of Teenage Pregnancy include health risks for the mother and the

baby.They are not settled in their lives and not able to bear the responsibility of a child.

Teenage pregnancy include the role of healthcare providers and public policy

in addressing the issue, the potential long-term effects on the mother and child, and the

challenges faced by young fathers. There are also many personal narratives and

memoirs exploring the experiences of teenagers who have become pregnant and given

birth.

Psychological and emotional impact of early pregnancy on both the mother and

the father, the social and cultural factors that may influence teenage pregnancy, and the

medical and physical aspects of teenage pregnancy.

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B.STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1.Why teenage pregnancy is a problem in society?

2.What is one of the reason why teenage pregnancy rate is growing?

3.What are the effect of teenage pregnancy?

C.SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY

The study will be conducted to find out the extent of how extreme is the

effect of the major causes of teenage pregnancy to the educational development of

students in Talon-Talon National High school. The result of this study is beneficial to

students and out-of-school youth, to the parents, teachers, to the community, school

administrators, researchers and other interested individuals because this can serve as

empirical data where suggestion of minimizing teenage pregnancy in the community

can be taken.

The study will also benefit students who still are at school because it will

give them information about the cause and possible effects of teenage pregnancy to

their studies once they got pregnant. In one way or in another this paper will guide them

to focus first their attention to their studies rather than giving priority to their romantic

affairs with boyfriends.

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D.SCOPE AND DELIMINATION OF THE STUDY

Students who served as their inspiration that push the researchers the Teenager
Like all the studies this study also has limitations that indicate the scope which the

result should be analyzed and interpreted with the main purpose of this study is to

determine the teenage pregnancy of the grade 10 student the descrimination they face

during school year 2022-2023.

This study limiting the number of respondents to fifty (15) students who are

enrolled in the school year 2022-2023.This study will be conducted in Talon-Talon

National Hight school located at barangay talon-talon Zamboanga City.

CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

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A.CONCEPTUAL LITERATURE

As of 2019, adolescents aged 15–19 years in low- and middle-income countries

(LMICs) had an estimated 21 million pregnancies each year, of which approximately

50% were unintended and which resulted in an estimated 12 million births (1)(2).

In an article by World health Organization (WHO) Based on 2019 data, 55% of

unintended pregnancies among adolescent girls aged 15–19 years end in abortions,

which are often unsafe in LMICs (1).

They also added Data on childbirths among girls aged 10–14 are not widely

available; limited available data from Angola, Bangladesh, Mozambique and Nigeria

point to birth rates in this age group exceeding 10 births per 1000 girls as of 2020 (3).

Preventing pregnancy among adolescents and pregnancy-related mortality and

morbidity are foundational to achieving positive health outcomes across the life course

and imperative for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to

maternal and new born health.

B.RESEARCH LITERATURE

Teenage Pregnancy had been a worldwide issue, and has raised large

numbers of campaigns and awareness to lessen its occurrence. The total number of

this phenomenon is increasing each.

Adolescent is faced with many decisions and needs accurate information

ontopics such as body changes,sexual activity, emotional responses within intimate

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sexual relationships, STD’s, and pregnancy. In the United States 70% of adolescents

have hadsexual intercourse by the age of 18 (Kenney et al, 1998). A substantial number

of these teenagers do not protect themselves from pregnancy or STD’s. The dynamics

of sexual risk taking are not fully understood, but numerous studies have found

correlations between drug/alcohol use, sexual abuse, and unsafe sex. (Keller et al.

2001; Kenney et al,2000).Adolescents tend to have a sense of being invulnerable,

believing that unwanted pregnancy STD’s and other negative outcomes of sexual

behaviour are not likely tohappen to them (Keller et al, 2000).

Adolescent parents face different barriers.

According to Spivak: “it has been acknowledged that adolescent parents tend to

come in high risk families have pooracademic achievement, and lived in our most

disadvantaged communities and therefore, biologic, economic, and behavioural factors

contribute to the increased likelihood ofteenager having children who are vulnerable to

physical and developmental problems.

The "lack of parental guidance contribute to teenage pregnancy",states that most

people evade their children from talking about sex. In some case they provide

falseinformation regarding sex and discourage their children to participate in any

informativediscussion about sex. Also teenage mothers are not well educated about sex

beforegetting pregnant and thus this leads to lack of communication between the

parents andtheir children (Hoffman 2004) Murrah(2003) defined adolescence as a

period when many physical, emotional psychological and social changes are taking
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place there is no way to predict how particular youth will behave sexually. Many

adolescents at this age explore relationshipand fall in and out of love. They are

exploring intimacy, establishing independence fromtheir families and achieving their

own identity they are trying out new ideas and behaviour that they often perceived as

adult. Such as intimate relationship and at timessexual relationship.

13 circumstances. Early aged pregnancy has its effect on the socio-economic

status of the child bearing teenage.Berrington (2013) emphasized that: policies aimed at

reducing inequalities inadult health need to take a life-long perspective and to tackle

social disadvantages acrossthe life course. Teenage motherhood is an important

independent pathway through which poor socio-economic conditions in childhood

translate into higher rates of both mentaland overall ill health adulthood. The poorer

mental health of teenage mothers hasimplications for the subsequent generation and

hence contributes to the intergenerationaltransmission of disadvantage.Torivillas (2013)

The Philippine Star noted that there is evidence supporting theReproductive health law

that calls for sexuality education among young students. Not that for teaching the kids to

engage in “safe” sex, but rather, for telling them why they should not engage in early

sex, and yes, before marriage.

The factors that triggers the Teenage pregnancy in the country are: Family

problems, broken family/complicated family, peer pressure/bad

influence,Media/Television/Movies Influential Trends (regarding sex), pornography, lack

of attention, love, caring, lack of moral values, failure to nurture with good principle,

curiosity,lack of information about sex(sex education).

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C.DEFINITION OF TERM

1.Adolescent:

-of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult.

"many parents find it hard to understand their adolescent children"

2.Eclampsia:

-a condition in which one or more convulsions occur in a pregnant woman suffering from

high blood pressure, often followed by coma and posing a threat to the health of mother

and baby.

3.Puerperal sepsis:

-According to The World Health Organization (WHO), puerperal sepsis is defined as the

infection of the genital tract occurring at labour or within 42 days of the postpartum

period.

4.Contraception:

-the deliberate use of artificial methods or other techniques to prevent pregnancy as a

consequence of sexual intercourse. The major forms of artificial contraception are

barrier methods, of which the most common is the condom; the contraceptive pill, which

contains synthetic sex hormones that prevent ovulation in the female; intrauterine

devices, such as the coil, which prevent the fertilized ovum from implanting in the

uterus; and male or female sterilization.

"one of the most important methods of contraception"

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5.unintended pregnancy:

-An unintended pregnancy is a pregnancy that is either unwanted, such as the

pregnancy occurred when no children or no more children were desired. Or the

pregnancy is mistimed, such as the pregnancy occurred earlier than desired.

CHAPTER III : METHOLOGY

This chapter presents the description of the research design, the population and

sample of the study, the research instrument, the data gathering procedure and data

analysis procedure.

A.RESEARCH DESIGN

B.RESEARCH LOCALE

This study conducted during the year 2022-2023 at Talon-talon National High

school here in Barangay Talon-Talon,Zamboanga City,Philippines.

C.POPULATION AND RESEARCH SAMPLING

A total of 51.40% who responded YES of this study and 48.60% who

responded NO. The study focus circulates on the effect of Teenage Pregnancy and that
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Impact in their study, therefore, the respodents are already identified to be female

students only of TTNHS G10 Curriculum.

D.RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

The questionnaire is all about the background of the information about the pregnancy of

the teenager. It is structured as to guide the respondent in reflecting and understanding

her situation.the questionnaire ,having multiple choices adopted from

(https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YCJMHYY) was used.

E.DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE