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Predictors of Adolescent Motherhood in Romania
Stativa, Ecaterina Rus, Adrian V. Filip, Valeria Suciu, Nicolae Stefanescu, Alma Pennings, Jacquelyn S. Parris, Sheri R. Joiner, Delilah Stoicescu, Silvia
Stativa, Ecaterina
Rus, Adrian V.
Filip, Valeria
Suciu, Nicolae
Stefanescu, Alma
Pennings, Jacquelyn S.
Parris, Sheri R.
Joiner, Delilah
Stoicescu, Silvia
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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2021
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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 (<jats:italic>SD</jats:italic> = 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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Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development