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dc.contributor.authorNayebare, Henry
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-14T08:57:10Z
dc.date.available2021-04-14T08:57:10Z
dc.date.issued2019-09
dc.identifier.citationNayebare, H. (2019): An investigation of factors contributing teenage pregnancy in secondary schools: a case study in the Ibanda district, western Uganda. Unpublished undergraduate research report, Makerere University.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/10089
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted to the School of Statistics and Planning in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Statistics of Makerere University.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe study investigated the factors contributing towards teenage pregnancy in Ibanda district. The major objective of the study was to find out the factors that contribute towards teenage pregnancy of students in schools of Ibanda District. The specific objectives were to establish the socio-economic context and conditions of pregnant secondary school girls in Ibanda district, to find out the domestic situation of learners and their living conditions at home or elsewhere, to find out what pregnant learners consider as factors that contribute towards their own situation, to establish the moral values, beliefs, and attitudes of parents, the community, and peers towards teenage learner pregnancy in schools To achieve the above objectives, the researcher collected primary data and secondary data. The descriptive research design was used to carry out the study. A sample of 80 respondents who comprised of 5 secondary schools from urban centres and 5 secondary schools from villages and the data was thereafter analyzed using the SPSS computer program. The researcher concluded that other than the non- contraceptive usage and misconceptions, media influence, poverty and social conditions, peer groups, religious and cultural beliefs, attitudes of contraceptive providers, technological influence, there are many other factors that have led to the prevalence of teenage pregnancies. Some of these factors are ignorance of safer sex methods, fear of or myths surrounding family planning, rape, and defilement, among others. The study recommends that parents should provide for their children all the essential needs and requirements such as school, home and personal requirements. Education should be promoted with emphasis on sex education and entrepreneurship skills especially for the youth to avoid dependencyen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMakerere Universityen_US
dc.subjectIbanda districten_US
dc.subjectSecondary schoolsen_US
dc.subjectTeenage pregnancyen_US
dc.subjectWestern Ugandaen_US
dc.titleAn investigation of factors contributing teenage pregnancy in secondary schools: a case study in the Ibanda district, western Ugandaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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