OBJECTIVE: To establish the relationship between the social, demographic, economic and family with pregnancy in adolescents 13 to 19 years in urban areas in the municipality of Briceño, 2012, for the purpose of obtaining information for the formulation of public health policies sexual and reproductive health. Methods: Cross sectional study, conducted in the urban area of Antioquia Briceño, between April and May 2012. A survey was conducted to gather information on factors: social, demographic, economic and family. Implemented a logistic regression model. RESULTS: The adolescents who were 193 survey respondents. Factors associated by multivariate analysis with increased risk of teenage pregnancy were age (OR: 8.33 CI, 1.82 to 38.14), socioeconomic status (OR: 12.52 CI, 1.58 to 98, 91), occupation (OR: 7.60 CI 3.0 to 19.27), living with a partner (OR: 17.47 CI, 3.63 to 83.94), early initiation of sex (OR: 1.95 CI, 0.69 to 5.5), the number of sexual partners (OR: 1.70 CI, 0.74 to 3.86), the father's education level (OR: 3.05 CI 1.01 to 9.22), the fact of having been raped (OR: 3.66 CI, 1.12 to 11.96) and family income (OR: 3.98 CI, 1,45-10, 92). CONCLUSIONS: The study found that age, socioeconomic status, occupation, living with the couple, early initiation of sexual intercourse, number of sexual partners, the educational level of the father, having been raped and the family income were associated with teenage pregnancy in the urban area of Briceño.
OBJECTIVE: To establish the relationship between the social, demographic, economic and family with pregnancy in adolescents 13 to 19 years in urban areas in the municipality of Briceño, 2012, for the purpose of obtaining information for the formulation of public health policies sexual and reproductive health. Methods: Cross sectional study, conducted in the urban area of Antioquia Briceño, between April and May 2012. A survey was conducted to gather information on factors: social, demographic, economic and family. Implemented a logistic regression model. RESULTS: The adolescents who were 193 survey respondents. Factors associated by multivariate analysis with increased risk of teenage pregnancy were age (OR: 8.33 CI, 1.82 to 38.14), socioeconomic status (OR: 12.52 CI, 1.58 to 98, 91), occupation (OR: 7.60 CI 3.0 to 19.27), living with a partner (OR: 17.47 CI, 3.63 to 83.94), early initiation of sex (OR: 1.95 CI, 0.69 to 5.5), the number of sexual partners (OR: 1.70 CI, 0.74 to 3.86), the father's education level (OR: 3.05 CI 1.01 to 9.22), the fact of having been raped (OR: 3.66 CI, 1.12 to 11.96) and family income (OR: 3.98 CI, 1,45-10, 92). CONCLUSIONS: The study found that age, socioeconomic status, occupation, living with the couple, early initiation of sexual intercourse, number of sexual partners, the educational level of the father, having been raped and the family income were associated with teenage pregnancy in the urban area of Briceño.
Authors: Arturo Marroquín Rivera; Carlos Javier Rincón Rodríguez; Andrea Padilla-Muñoz; Carlos Gómez-Restrepo Journal: Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health Date: 2020-05-19 Impact factor: 3.033