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标题：Characteristics of Teenage Unwed Mothers in Korea
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作者：Mi Hyun Yoon ; Jae Yeon Lee
期刊名称：Adonghakoeji
印刷版ISSN：1226-1688
电子版ISSN：2234-408X
出版年度：2002
卷号：23
期号：3
页码：149-169
语种：English
出版社：Korean Association of Child Studies
摘要：The focus of this research was to understand the socio-demographic characteristics,pregnancy conditions,social support,and future plan of teenage unwed mothers in Korea. Among the unwed mother,the teenage group was a higher percentage (53.7%) than the over-twenties group (46.3%). In the distribution of teenage unwed mothers,the major part,94.6%,was in the 16- to 17- year-old age range,and 5.4% were under 15 years of age. This indicates that the age of unwed mothers is getting lower. Most teenage unwed mothers were from intact(72.3%) and/or low-class(62.3%) families. A significant percentage (37.7%)was from middle- and upper-middle class families,signifying that teenage pregnancy is not a problem only of disadvantaged and lower class families. The education of one-third of the teenage unwed mothers in this study was only up to first year of middle school(7th grade),indicating that pregnancy may be a reason they dropped out of school.
关键词：teenage unwed mother pregnancy characteristics