- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- The effects of pregnancy on the adolescent in the Metro-Atlanta area, 1990
- Creator:
- Burnette, Melanie R.
- Date of Original:
- 1990-04-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The objective of the study was to determine whether there is a significant difference between pregnant teenagers and pregnant women with reference to the following variables: 1) educational disruption, 2) economic limitations, and 3) medical complications. A comparative research design was used in the study. A self-administered questionnaire was given to females in the Gynecology and Obstetrics clinic at Grady Hospital located in downtown Atlanta. A convenient sampling technique was used. A total of 60 pregnant females constituted the sample (thirty-seven pregnant teenagers and twenty-three pregnant women). The findings from the study reflect that there is a significant level of difference in educational disruption, economic limitations, and medical complications between pregnant teenagers 19 and under and pregnant women 20 and over. The data indicates that among the teenage group, the dropout rate is higher and they have less than a high school education than the women respondents. The study reflects that the teenage respondents are depending on Medicaid to cover their pregnancy expenses than the women respondents. It reflects that among the teenage group there is a higher level of unemployment and medical complications than the women respondents,
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1990_burnette_melanie_r.pdf
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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