While developing a conference for adolescents, the nurse prepares a handout describing socioeconomic and cultural factors that contribute to adolescent pregnancy. Which information should the nurse include in the handout?
1. Poverty is a major risk factor for teen pregnancy.
2. All cultures share an aversion to early pregnancy.
3. A child born to a teenage mother is at a lower risk for teen pregnancy.
4. The younger the teen when she first gets pregnant, the less likely she is to have another pregnancy in her teens.
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Explanation:
1. Poverty is a major risk factor for teen pregnancy. Adolescents who do not have access to middle-class opportunities tend to maintain their pregnancies because they see pregnancy as their only option for adult status. Teens who are on a low economic trajectory are more likely to become pregnant because of the lack of economic opportunity and the social marginalization that comes with poverty.
2. Early pregnancy is desirable in some cultures, such as where Islam is the predominant religion, where large families are desired, where social change is slow in coming, and where most childbearing occurs within marriage.
3. Daughters and sisters of a woman who had a baby in her early teens tend to have intercourse earlier and are at higher risk for teen pregnancy themselves.
4. The younger the teen when she first gets pregnant, the more likely she is to have another pregnancy in her teens.
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