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Social Studies CXC SBA
SOCIAL STUDIES
2016
CANDIDATE NUMBER:
TERRITORY: JAMAICA
Acknowledgement
Introduction
Statement of Problem
Presentation of Data
Statement of Findings
Bibliography
Appendix
Acknowledgement
First and foremost, I would love to give gratitude to god for providing me with the
knowledge and strength to complete this School Based Assessment; also I would like
to thank all the participants in the survey, those who responded, friends and family,
for helping me with the completion of this project.
Secondly, I would like to thank the residents of Cornwall Courts who gave their
support and time in answering the questionnaires and giving the data needed to be
presented.
Lastly, I would like to thank my teacher for assisting me with the presentation for the
School Based Assessment and giving additional facts and figures.
Introduction
This project is based on the causes and impacts of teenage pregnancy in the
the community, the main cause, effects and possible solutions to this issue, how
people feel about teenage pregnancy and how it has impacted them. In order to
What are the causes and impacts of teenage pregnancy and to what extent does the
because the community is highly populated and I have recognized that majority of
In order to effectively carry out this research, the Questionnaire was chosen as a
1. Practical
3. Can be carried out by the researcher or by any number of people with limited
4. The results of the questionnaires can usually be quickly and easily quantified
research
6. When data has been quantified, it can be used to compare and contrast other
7. Positivists believe that quantitative data can be used to create new theories
Copy of Questionnaire
Survey of the extent teenage pregnancy exist among girls in the community of
Cornwall Courts
Dear Villager,
You are being advised to answer the following questions honestly and
truthfully. Since you do not have to write your names anywhere no one will
ever know who answered in a particular way. This is not a test. There are no
Thanking you
Yours sincerely,
D. Johnson
Question
1. What is your Gender?
👅Male
👅Female
2. How long have you been living in the community of Cornwall Courts?
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6. On a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest, how would you rate the level of
teenage pregnancy in your community?
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7. What do you think contributes to teenage pregnancy?
👅 Peer Pressure
👅 Rape
👅 Low self- esteem
👅 Lack of supervision
10. What effect does teenage pregnancy have on the pregnant teen?
👅 Worries about their future
👅 Trouble with finances
👅 Drugs and Smoking at an early age
👅 Depression
👅 Neglect of Child
11. How do you feel about teenage pregnancy overall?
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13. How do you think parents should deal with teenage girls becoming
pregnant?
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14. Do you think parents/ schools within the community should give birth
control to their sexually active teenage girls?
👅 Yes
👅 No
State your reason why.
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15. What do you think is the best way to prevent teenage pregnancy in your
community?
👅 Encourage Abstinence
👅 Help them respect themselves
👅 Have the Sex Talk with them
👅 Lay out consequences
Procedure for Data Collection
A total of 15 questionnaires were randomly distributed among the residents
among girls in the community, and also to determine the causes and
who stay home every day due to lack of employment. Residents were given
two days to answer the questionnaires after which all were returned. 20%
were distributed to males and 80% were distributed to females ranging from
ages 15 – 30.
Presentation of Data
Table showing Causes for Teenage Pregnancy in the community of Cornwall Courts
Rape 15%
Table1.
Pressure as the cause, 15% chose Rape as the cause, 20% chose Low self-
esteem as the cause and the other 20% chose Lack of supervision, as the
Figure1.
Pie Chart outlines the impacts of teenage pregnancy on the teen in the
trouble with finances, 12% does Drugs and Smoking at an early age, 35%
50
40
30
20
10
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Encorage Abstinence Help them respect Have the sex talk Lay out consequences
themselves
Figure 2.
From the data collected, Encouraging Abstinence is the highest ranking 50, Helping
them respect themselves the second highest ranking 20, thirdly laying out
consequences ranking 17 and lastly to have the sex talk ranking 13.
Analysis and Interpretation of Data
Cornwall Courts is prevalent and that females who are going through teenage
pregnancy are within the group of ages 15-19. It was also revealed that majority of
the male teens do not neglect their child but usually drop out of school so that they
can get a job to provide for the new family. Most of these pregnant teens are from a
Respondents believe that Peer Pressure is one particular factor that leads to
teenagers getting pregnant. Rape (15%), Low self-esteem (20%) and Lack of
community of Cornwall Courts. These youths have to drop out of school to take
care of their young, many stay home and rely on the male to try and find means and
ways to get money. The researcher has also showed that the main impacts on these
teens are; worrying about their future with a percentage of (5)due to the fact that they
feel as if they cannot continue school and would have to focus on the child, financial
problems with a percentage of (38) with taking care of the child because of the type
of work field they can get into, Drugs and smoking at an early age with a percentage
of (12) for the stress they go through, Depression with a percentage of (35) because
they feel under pressure to do everything right and Neglecting the child which is the
failure of caregivers to provide needed age-appropriate care, with a percentage of
(10) by focusing on different things rather than taking care of the child.
The respondents also gave their opinion on solutions which could help to prevent
teenage pregnancy and the researcher has interpreted them. The solutions that may
help to prevent teenage pregnancy are encouraging abstinence so that the teen will
learn to wait until they are ready to create a family on their own, helping them
respect themselves by not letting peer pressure influence them as much as possible,
lay out consequences so that they can learn the experience of living on their own and
trying to find different way to care for themselves and to have the sex talk with them
so they can ensure that not only should they wait but they should be safe at all times
1. Have more recreational activities within the community for youth so that they
2. Educating the youths in the community about family planning and the
around the community and give out pamphlets to help spread the family
pregnancy.
Bibliography
Having children at a young age can damage a young woman’s health status as
well as severely limit their opportunities in going back to school and/or getting
jobs. Long term research shows that children born to teenagers are more