ADAMSON UNIVERSITY

College of Pharmacy

Perspectives, Beliefs, Attitudes and Motivations on Unwanted

Pregnancies among College Students in Adamson University

In Partial Fulfilment

of the Requirements for the Degree of

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Camacho, Julie Anne D.

Dalangpan, April N.
Limbo, Danna Zarina B.
Oliveros, April
Veluya, Jennny Rose O.
 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

A. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Philippines is known to be a fairly conservative country because majority of

its population is Catholic. But nowadays, many younger generation Filipinos
seem to be sexually adventurous compared with their counterparts in other
countries. Unwanted pregnancy here in our country has reached its alarming
stage. According to the latest data from the National Statistics Office, showed
that of 1.7 million babies born in 2004, almost 8 percent were born to mothers
aged 15-19 and almost 30 percent of Filipino women become mothers before
reaching their 21st birthday which means that almost one of every 10 babies is
born to a teenage mothers. Premarital sex is the major cause of unwanted
pregnancy. Due to young age, most of them decided to undergo abortion. In the
Philippines, abortion is legally restricted. Nevertheless, many women obtain
abortions often in unsafe conditions to avoid unplanned births. In 1994, the
estimated abortion rate was 25 per 1,000 women per year and still growing.

Unwanted pregnancy and other adolescent problems are serious threats

to the well-being and future of the people. The government cannot resolve this
problem because the Catholic hierarchy is the single biggest stumbling block
as to why the Philippines has not yet legislated a comprehensive reproductive
health program that would greatly benefit women, youth, children and the
people in general. Political parties are afraid to antagonize the influential
clerics who could instruct the faithful to disobey public officials and even
defeat the electoral chances of obstinate politicians. This study aims to give
awareness to the students to avoid unwanted pregnancy.
B. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

FACTORS
ABORTION
 Moral/Ethics
 Behavior
 Economic Status
Unwanted  Education
Pregnancie  Family Support
 Peer Pressure

ACCEPTANCE

Figure 1. Conceptual Framework on Perspectives, Beliefs, Attitudes and Motivations on

Unwanted Pregnancies among College Students in Adamson University
This framework led the researchers to determine the intervening factors
of unwanted pregnancy that can lead to either abortion or acceptance.

C. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This study mainly deals with the perspectives, beliefs, attitudes and

motivations on unwanted pregnancies among college students in Adamson

University. This research sought to answer the following questions:

1. What are the perceptions, beliefs and attitudes of young women on

unwanted pregnancy?
2.What are the contributing factors that brought about unwanted pregnancy?
3.How does young women deal with unwanted pregnancy?
4. What are the interventions that can be done that will motivate young
women to prevent unwanted pregnancy?
D. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE

Since we are a Catholic country, elderly tend not to teach young ones
about safe sex and don’t even bring up the topic at home. Due to their curiosity,
they find the answers from themselves that can lead to unwanted pregnancy.
The research study was designed with the following objectives to:

1.Assess the level of awareness of college students in Adamson University on

unwanted pregnancy.
2. Measure the incidence of unwanted pregnancy among college students in
Adamson University.
3.Identify causal relationship of unwanted pregnancy and abortion.

E. HYPOTHESIS

1.a.Ha: College students in Adamson University are aware in unwanted

pregnancy

b.Ho: College students in Adamson University are not aware in unwanted

pregnancy

2.a.Ha: There are cases of unwanted pregnancy among College students

in Adamson University

b.Ho: There are no cases of unwanted pregnancy among College

students in Adamson Univeristy

3. a.Ha: Unwanted pregnancy is associated to abortion

b.Ho: Unwanted pregnancy is not associated to abortion

F. SCOPE AND DELIMITATION

The study focus mainly on determining the views of students towards

unwanted pregnancy and determining contributing factors that directly and/ or
indirectly affect decisions on the issue. . Survey question will be distributed
along the premises of Adamson University. The respondents will be comprised
of 100 female college students from different courses and were chosen through
random sampling. The data that will be used throughout the entire course of the
study will be limited to the responses obtained .

G. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study aims to determine the awareness of Adamson University

college students towards unwanted pregnancy also to identify same cases of it
among them that can be associated with abortion or acceptance. In addition,
the results of this study can determine some factors that can help in avoiding
unwanted pregnancy.

H. DEFINITION OF TERMS

1.Abortion- the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by,

resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus
2. Acceptance- the act of accepting
3. Attitude- a way of thinking
4. Behavior- the actions or reactions of a person or animal in response
to external or internal stimuli.
5. Belief- a firmly held opinion,a feeling that something exists or is true
6. Catholic- is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith,
its theologies and doctrines, itsliturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral
characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole.
7.Conservative- avoiding novelty or showiness
8. Motivation- the activation or energization of goal orientated behavior
9. Morality- the quality of being in accord with standards of right or
good conduct,a system of ideas of right and wrong conduct
10. Perspective- understanding of the relative importance of things
11.Premarital sex- is sexual intercourse engaged in by persons who
are unmarried.
12. Pregnant- carrying developing offspring within the body.
13. Peer pressure- pressure from one's peers to behave in a manner
similar or acceptable to them