Predictors of Adolescent Motherhood in Romania
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 m...
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| author | Stativa Ecaterina Rus Adrian V. Filip Valeria Suciu Nicolae Stefanescu Alma Pennings Jacquelyn S. Parris Sheri R. Joiner Delilah Stoicescu Silvia M. |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fa5a3ad5c98a4e87bd5cb0761994c88e2023-01-19T13:43:57ZengSciendoSocial Change Review2068-80162021-12-01191294910.2478/scr-2021-0002Predictors of Adolescent Motherhood in RomaniaStativa Ecaterina0Rus Adrian V.1Filip Valeria2Suciu Nicolae3Stefanescu Alma4Pennings Jacquelyn S.5Parris Sheri R.6Joiner Delilah7Stoicescu Silvia M.8The National Institute for Mother and Child Health “Alessandrescu-Rusescu”, 120 Bd. Lacul Tei 120, 020395Bucharest, RomaniaSouthwestern Christian University, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 7210 NW 39th Expressway, Bethany, Oklahoma 73008-0340, USAMedicine and Pharmacy University of Oradea, Romania, 1 Universității Street, 410087Oradea, RomaniaThe National Institute for Mother and Child Health “Alessandrescu-Rusescu”, 120 Bd. Lacul Tei 120, 020395Bucharest, RomaniaThe National Institute for Mother and Child Health “Alessandrescu-Rusescu”, 120 Bd. Lacul Tei 120, 020395Bucharest, RomaniaElite Research, LLC, 9901 Valley Ranch Pkwy E #2035, Irving, Irving, Texas 75063, USATexas Christian University, Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development, 2901 W. Lowden Rees-Jones Hall, Suite 314, Fort Worth, Texas 76129, USASouthern Nazarene University, Family Studies and Gerontology, School of Professional Studies, 6729 NW 39th Expressway, Bethany, Oklahoma 73008, USAUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest, 37 Dionisie Lupu Street, 020021Bucharest, RomaniaThe 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.https://doi.org/10.2478/scr-2021-0002adolescent motheradult motherteenage pregnancyadolescent pregnancyromania |
| spellingShingle | Stativa Ecaterina Rus Adrian V. Filip Valeria Suciu Nicolae Stefanescu Alma Pennings Jacquelyn S. Parris Sheri R. Joiner Delilah Stoicescu Silvia M. Predictors of Adolescent Motherhood in Romania Social Change Review adolescent mother adult mother teenage pregnancy adolescent pregnancy romania |
| title | Predictors of Adolescent Motherhood in Romania |
| title_full | Predictors of Adolescent Motherhood in Romania |
| title_fullStr | Predictors of Adolescent Motherhood in Romania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predictors of Adolescent Motherhood in Romania |
| title_short | Predictors of Adolescent Motherhood in Romania |
| title_sort | predictors of adolescent motherhood in romania |
| topic | adolescent mother adult mother teenage pregnancy adolescent pregnancy romania |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/scr-2021-0002 |
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