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Chapter 1

The Problem and it's Background

This chapter introduces the background and purpose of the study,

statement of the problem, significance of the study, scope and limitation and
definition of term.

Background and it's purpose

Over the past few decades, teenage pregnancy has become a public
concern which has generated a great deal of attention in the locality. Increasing
awareness of the social and economic consequences of teenage pregnancy has
led to a consensus opinion among policy makers and the public that teenage
pregnancy and child bearing is significant social problem. It has been linked to an
array of other social issues, such as welfare dependency, child health and well-
being, out of wed luck births, fatherhood responsibility, child abuse and neglect,
school drop-out and workforce development.

There was a strong agreement that teenage pregnancy rate is still on the
increase and every increased there has an additional consequences of abortion
and fetus losses and yet reducing the number of births by this age group remains
an important goal,

According to Eruesgbefe, (2005). Todays teenagers have become more

sexually active and promiscuous compared to their age mates of some thirty,
forty or fifty years ago in Nigerian situation. He also asserted that, The gradual
departures from the traditions, customs and religious doctrine of the different
ethnic groups on the premise of civilization have been largely responsible for this.
Community and families must work hand in hand to shield their teenager against
these phenomena. Increases in both health and social problems are products of
uncontrollable multiple sex partner among teenagers. Mainly because the youth
cannot control their emotional feelings, they rush into untimely sex, in the belief
that the act will be undetected.

According to Albano (2001). In the Philippines, usually in a family, this

category are not taught family life education by their parents and schools
because of the sensitivity of the issues, this is contrary to the wide assumption
that family life education is on. In practice, however, not much of sex education is
taught in every Filipino family. Existing government family planning programs
have been directed principally to married couples.
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The Philippine governments through some of its agencies like Department

of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Department of Education
(DepEd), introduced some strategies to minimize the increasing cases of
pregnancy as observed after a decade in Philippines. Sex education is being
incorporated to the subject matters in the school. RH bill could be a big help to let
the teenagers know how to act about sex. Filipino families and communities are
properly informed about their responsibilities to to their youngster with regards to
sex. While teenagers whenever they are must be reached to educate and be well
informed how to counter early pregnancy.

Religious sectors are also showing concerns about the teenagers by

intensifying the activities at the church and detour their interest while they are still
young and not yet prepare to face the consequences brought about early sex.
The churches now are also dont want to left behind on nurturing the youths by
instilling to their minds that early sex out of wed luck has consequences and the
consequences hurt more than waiting.

The researchers hope that after conducting the study, they can impart
some important strategies and information we gained to the community, to the
teachers, school administrators, parents and to the teenagers on how to
minimize teenage pregnancy to students.

Statement of the problem

This study is aims to look on to the effects of teenage pregnancy to the

student and out-of-the school youth of Tanay, Rizal. Particularly its aims to
answer the following problem.

1. What is the demographic profile in terms of age, age when pregnant,

educational attainment, civil status, types of school attended and
economic background of the respondents.

2. What are the factors resultingto teenage pregnancy among the

students and out-of-school youth in Tanay, Rizal.
2.1 Family-related
2.2 Peer-related
2.3 community-related

3. Is there a significant difference on the educational attainment, status,

types of school attended and economic background of the
respondents?
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4. Which among the causes of teenage pregnancy effects most of the

students and out- of-school youth in Tanay, Rizal

Significance of the study

The study will be conducted to find out the extent of how extreme is effect
of the major causes of teenage pregnancy to the educational development of the
students and out-of-school youth in Tanay, Rizal. The result of this study is
beneficial to students and out-of-school youth, to the parents, teachers, to the
community school administrators, researchers and other interested individuals
because this can serve as empirical data where suggestion of minimizing
teenage pregnancy in the community can be taken.

Scope and Limitation

The study is limited to the students who have been pregnant at their
puberty (15-19) years old and living in, Tanay, Rizal. The subjects were drawn to
the students who have been pregnant and or have been a student on their
teenage and living in Tanay, Rizal. The study focuses on the extent of major
causes of teenage pregnancy which are family, peers, and community, with the
educational development of students and out-of-school youth in Tanay, Rizal.
The perception of the respondents to the effects of major causes of teenage
pregnancy were limited to educational development only. This was the
dependent variables of the study. The dependent variables of the respondents
indicate the effects of educational development among students in school and
out- of-school youth. These are teenagers who got pregnant and pursued their
studies in spite of the hassle of having in the school and learned a vacation plus
degree. While others did not. There are also teenagers especially out-of-school
youth who never have the chance to go to school after pregnancy.
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Definition of terms

The following terms are defined for smooth progress of understanding and
clarity of the major concept used in the study. Causes of teenage pregnancy- is
the producer of an effect, result or consequence

Economic Status- means family income, parental education, and social

status community.

Educational Development- is the possible trend, progress on their school

performance of students or out-of-school youth who have been pregnant.

Peers of teenagers- means were teenagers having an age of 15 to 19

who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background, and social
status.

Sex Education- means learning the internal conditions such as

physiological, sociological economic and social factors that affects the
personality, behavior, and development of a boy to manhood and fatherhood and
a girl to motherhood as well as with human production.

Teenage Pregnancy- means conception by a girl between the ages of

fifteen (15) and nineteen (19) years old which was not planned for.
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Notes

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/228146b Scott (1981)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_pregnancy Eruesgbefe, (2005)

https://www.sidelines.org/?gclid=CJikwaem09ICFZUrvQod3MEGWw Abano
(2001)

https://www.nursingtimes.net/Journals/2013/11/15/w/y/m/Teenage-pregnancy--
and-sexual-health-201113.pdf Health and home pp. 13, 2013