DR is one of the countries with most pregnant adolescents
With 28,434 pregnancies in 2010, it occupies the 5th position in Latin America
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SANTO DOMINGO. The country is in fifth place with regard to the number of pregnant adolescents, presenting one of the highest fertility rates in Latin America in young women 15 to 19 years old, registering 92 pregnancies for each 1000 women.
This was the situation described by Indiana Barinas, the director of Health at the Ministry of Women, as she took part in the colloquium "New socio-economic dynamics and young people in the Caribbean: Constructing the future of the region," which was organized by the Global Democracy Foundation (Funglode).
Doctor Barinas said that although the current panorama is pessimistic, the tendency in the future is towards a reduction, since in the next few years a reduction is expected in the index of adolescent pregnancies in the Dominican Republic.
She said that a study of the Demographic and Health Survey (ENDESA) and Profamilia shows that the fertility rate in the 1996-2002 period with age groups 15-19, 20-24 and 25-29 was 116,190 and 145 respectively. While during the 2002-2007 period, in the same age groups, the numbers were 92,112,132 respectively.
For the official, in the Dominican Republic the family and the school present homogeneous patters of treatment of sexuality characterized by social and cultural sanctions, with myths, taboos and a scarce and ambivalent communication.
She added moreover, that the media, through commercials and stereotypes contribute to increase the problem.
For her part, Angela Polanco, of the National Office of Sexual Health and Reproduction of the United National Population Fund, said that during 2010 in the country there were 153,358 pregnancies of which 28,343 were in young women 15 to 19 years old and 47,508 in women between 20 and 24 years of age.
During the colloquium, Polanco said that the educational level is the factor most associated with the phenomena of adolescent maternity.
She explained that studies carried out by the Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL), in 12 countries, reveal that among adolescents and young women with less than six years of study, the percentage of mothers climbs to 40%; it is at 30% with 6-9 years of schooling and 15% with 10 to 12 years of classes.
This was the situation described by Indiana Barinas, the director of Health at the Ministry of Women, as she took part in the colloquium "New socio-economic dynamics and young people in the Caribbean: Constructing the future of the region," which was organized by the Global Democracy Foundation (Funglode).
Doctor Barinas said that although the current panorama is pessimistic, the tendency in the future is towards a reduction, since in the next few years a reduction is expected in the index of adolescent pregnancies in the Dominican Republic.
She said that a study of the Demographic and Health Survey (ENDESA) and Profamilia shows that the fertility rate in the 1996-2002 period with age groups 15-19, 20-24 and 25-29 was 116,190 and 145 respectively. While during the 2002-2007 period, in the same age groups, the numbers were 92,112,132 respectively.
For the official, in the Dominican Republic the family and the school present homogeneous patters of treatment of sexuality characterized by social and cultural sanctions, with myths, taboos and a scarce and ambivalent communication.
She added moreover, that the media, through commercials and stereotypes contribute to increase the problem.
For her part, Angela Polanco, of the National Office of Sexual Health and Reproduction of the United National Population Fund, said that during 2010 in the country there were 153,358 pregnancies of which 28,343 were in young women 15 to 19 years old and 47,508 in women between 20 and 24 years of age.
During the colloquium, Polanco said that the educational level is the factor most associated with the phenomena of adolescent maternity.
She explained that studies carried out by the Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL), in 12 countries, reveal that among adolescents and young women with less than six years of study, the percentage of mothers climbs to 40%; it is at 30% with 6-9 years of schooling and 15% with 10 to 12 years of classes.
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