THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY. A CASE STUDY OF OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA. EDO STATE.

📄 Project Abstract

As a result of the over-powering state of the continued development of our society as well as the uninterrupted/continuous movement of people from rural areas to urban areas, there has been the continual reference on the factors which tend to affect our society nowadays of which one of them is termed "Teenage Pregnancy". The rapid population growth of teens and the tendency of getting pregnancy by teenagers is over-powering man's ability to preserve and project the society in order for it to be suitable for the survival of better health. Some popular cities, towns and states, for example, Port Harcourt, Warri, Lagos, Abuja and Edo State are normally associated with Night Club buildings, available road spot for prostitutes, attending birthday parties even at night (odd hours) cannot be free from the menace of teenage pregnancies. However, the problem of teenage pregnancy cannot be is over- emphasized because of the threat it has posed to mankind as a result of the ever-growing and conti...