The Causes And Effect Of Teenage Pregnancy Among Secodnary Schools
[A Case Study Of Ovia North East Local Government Area Of Edo State]

HYPOTHESIS

There is no significant difference between negligence of children by parents and teenage pregnancy.

1. There is no significant differences between close relationship with parents and teenage pregnancy.

2. There is no significance difference between peer group influence and teenage pregnancy.

3. There is no significance difference between knowledge of sex education (either in school or at home) and teenage pregnancy.

4. There is no significance difference between parental background and teenage pregnancy.

5. There is significance difference between exposure to media and computers and teenage pregnancy.

SCOPE OF THE STUDY/ASSUMPTIONS  

The research work is to scrutinize the causes and effects of teenage pregnancy among secondary schools. Since there are limitations on this research, the investigation is limited to the following groups of girls within the adolescent age of 12-18 years in Ovia North east local government area of Edo State.

DEFINITIONS OF TERMS

Adoption: That act of process of adopting a child.

Abortion; A medical operation in which a baby’s development inside a woman is stopped so that it is not born alive.

Adolescent: A young person aged 10-19 years.

Curiosity: The desire of knowledge about something or to know about a lot of different things.

Ignorance: Lack of experience

Pregnancy: The condition of being pregnant or the period of time when a woman is pregnant.

Promiscuity: Having sex with a lot of people.

Peer pressure: A strong feeling that you must do the same things as other people of young age if you want them to like you.

Peer: some one of the same age group social class etc.

Sex education: Education in schools about the physical process and emotions involves in sex.

Teenage motherhood: Someone who give birth between the age of 13-19 or a girl who gives birth at her teenage.

Teenagers: Some one who is between 13-19 years old.

Teen: Pregnancy children between the ages of 13-19 that gets pregnant.

Pervert: A person with abnormal or acceptable sexual behaviour.

Staggering: Stocking or supervising that it is difficult to believe.

Dilemma: A situation in which a choice must be made between unwelcome alternatives.

Pornography: Indecent literatures films etc. that shows sexual activities.

Sex: An act of procreation in which males’ penis is inserted into female vagina.

Negligence: Lack of proper care or attention.