Predictors of Adolescent Motherhood in Romania-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Predictors of Adolescent Motherhood in Romania

Published:2021-05-12 Issue:0 Volume:0 Page:
ISSN:2068-8016
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Author:

Stativa Ecaterina¹,Rus Adrian V.²,Filip Valeria³,Suciu Nicolae¹⁴,Stefanescu Alma¹,Pennings Jacquelyn S.⁵,Parris Sheri R.⁶,Joiner Delilah⁷,Stoicescu Silvia M.⁴

Affiliation:

1. The National Institute for Mother and Child Health “Alessandrescu-Rusescu” , 120 Bd. Lacul Tei 120, 020395 Bucharest , Romania

2. Southwestern Christian University, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences , 7210 NW 39th Expressway, Bethany, Oklahoma 73008-0340, USA

3. Medicine and Pharmacy University of Oradea , Romania, 1 Universității Street, 410087 Oradea , Romania

4. University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest , 37 Dionisie Lupu Street, 020021 Bucharest , Romania

5. Elite Research, LLC , 9901 Valley Ranch Pkwy E #2035, Irving, Irving, Texas 75063, USA

6. Texas Christian University , Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development , 2901 W. Lowden Rees-Jones Hall, Suite 314, Fort Worth, Texas 76129, USA

7. Southern Nazarene University , Family Studies and Gerontology, School of Professional Studies , 6729 NW 39th Expressway, Bethany, Oklahoma 73008, USA

Abstract

Abstract The objective of the present study was to explore what demographic and socioeconomic factors were associated with adolescent (younger than 20 years) and adult mothers living in Romania. In total, 274 adolescent and adult mothers were recruited from two maternity wards Romanian maternity wards. The mean age of the sample was 24.64 years (SD = 6.907, range: 13–44 years). Independent samples t-tests, Pearson’s chi square, Cramer’s V, and risk ratios were used to assess differences in continuous and categorical demographics variables between adolescent and adult mothers. This study has shown that maternity among adolescent mothers younger than 20 years has broad sociodemographic determinations, and, consequently, the socio-economic implications could be long-term as well as costly.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/scr-2021-0002

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