Johns, S.E. (2011) Perceived environmental risk as a predictor of teenage motherhood in a British population. Health and Place, 17 (1). pp. 122-131. ISSN 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.09.006.
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Abstract
Previous studies have shown that strong relationships exist between deprived environments and teenage motherhood. However, such studies have predominantly identified deprivation using neighbourhood-wide measures of socio-economic status. Few studies of teenage parenthood have examined how individuals perceive their environment and the importance of this perception on reproductive behaviour and timing. Using data collected from a sample of women living the county of Gloucestershire, UK, this paper explores the predictive value of two methods of assessing the environment: (1) the structural component—deprivation at the neighbourhood level and (2) the individual’s subjective experience of her pre-pregnancy environment, when examining how the wider environmental context can influence the decision of becoming a teenage mother. The results indicate that a woman’s perception of her neighbourhood of residence at the time she conceived, her perceived environmental risk, may be a more discriminating predictor of teenage motherhood than deprivation measured by ward economic and deprivation indicators.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | Teenage motherhood; Risk; Perception; Pregnancy; Adolescent; Neighbourhood effects |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Johns |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2011 11:31 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Oct 2012 09:44 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/27499 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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