ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to assess the factors contributing to secondary school pregnancy and its impacts in Dodoma Municipality, Tanzania. One hundred respondents from two wards, Hombolo and Nzuguni were sampled for the study; whereby seventy students from two secondary schools were employed in the study. Data was collected using in-depth interviews, questionnaire and focus group discussion to allow the researcher a platform to ask both open-response questions and closed-response questions to explore the respondents‟ perceptions about the factors contributing to secondary school pregnancies and its effects. The data was analyzed thematically by carefully identifying and expanding significant themes that emerged from the informants‟ perceptions about the, “factors contributing to secondary school pregnancy and its impacts.” The study revealed that sexual desire among adolescents, material gain that is geared by poverty, and peer pressure are the most leading factors to secondary school pregnancy in Dodoma Municipality. Further the study findings expose school dropout, poverty and health complications are the detrimental effects resulted from school pregnancies. The study recommends that the government should consider the construction of hostel for girl students; parents and teachers should collaborate in educating the students/adolescents on the sexual and reproductive health matters, and these issues should be discussed in an open and more comprehensive way. Sex education should be taken seriously in secondary schools .Likewise teenagers should be encouraged to use preventative and protective measures and to delay engaging in sexual relationships.
Shaaban, H (2021). The Factors Contributing To Secondary School Adolescent Pregnancy And Its Impacts In Tanzania: A Case Of Dodoma Municipality. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-factors-contributing-to-secondary-school-adolescent-pregnancy-and-its-impacts-in-tanzania-a-case-of-dodoma-municipality
Shaaban, Hassan "The Factors Contributing To Secondary School Adolescent Pregnancy And Its Impacts In Tanzania: A Case Of Dodoma Municipality" Afribary. Afribary, 28 Apr. 2021, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-factors-contributing-to-secondary-school-adolescent-pregnancy-and-its-impacts-in-tanzania-a-case-of-dodoma-municipality. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
Shaaban, Hassan . "The Factors Contributing To Secondary School Adolescent Pregnancy And Its Impacts In Tanzania: A Case Of Dodoma Municipality". Afribary, Afribary, 28 Apr. 2021. Web. 24 Nov. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-factors-contributing-to-secondary-school-adolescent-pregnancy-and-its-impacts-in-tanzania-a-case-of-dodoma-municipality >.
Shaaban, Hassan . "The Factors Contributing To Secondary School Adolescent Pregnancy And Its Impacts In Tanzania: A Case Of Dodoma Municipality" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 24, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-factors-contributing-to-secondary-school-adolescent-pregnancy-and-its-impacts-in-tanzania-a-case-of-dodoma-municipality