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What Are The Causes Of Teenage Pregnancy? by Oyewaleolalekan(m): 2:29am On May 24, 2018
Teenage pregnancy is defined as a pregnancy that occurs in a girl who is between 11 and 17 years of age also known as adolescence age.Many teenagers lack knowledge that they will get pregnant when they involve kn sexual activity.Approximately 750,000 of 15- to 19-year-olds become pregnant each year.

Peer group influence
At adolescence stage, teens persuade to make friends and adapt in with there peer group influence. Sometimes these teens allow their friends to influence their action and decision to have sex even when they do not fully understand the consequences associated with the act.

Teenagers have sex at times to feel among the peers, and follow their bad friend footstep. Peer group pressure play a key role in the life of teens pregnancy because they lack the knowledge and risk factor of the sex game they are into. Teenagers keeping bad company may end up with pregnancy. And also moving out with a friend that lack parental care is another issue.

Lack of Parental care
Teen are more prone to pregnancy when they lack parental care. Many parents do travel for business for a whole month and their teen girl was alone with gate man, they do put their business first before children.which suppose not to be so.

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https://www.healthbenefitcare.com/2018/05/what-are-causes-of-teenage-pregnancy.html
Re: What Are The Causes Of Teenage Pregnancy? by Tallesty1(m): 2:32am On May 24, 2018
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Re: What Are The Causes Of Teenage Pregnancy? by MANNABBQGRILLS: 2:39am On May 24, 2018
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