Latest items for MABFC-DATA-1
March 20, 2025, 1:55 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"[T]he rate of teenage pregnancies remains very high" (4).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"[T]he rate of teenage pregnancies remains very high" (4).
March 14, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Between 2014 and 2017, the adolescent fertility rate declined from 95.1 to 85.8 per thousand, concentrated in the 17 to 19 age group" (25). "It led to the 2017-2021 National Plan for the Prevention and Reduction of Early and Teenage Pregnancy, which aims to encourage a series of actions and measures by the State to reduce the high rates of teenage pregnancy and cases of pregnancy at an early age" (25).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Between 2014 and 2017, the adolescent fertility rate declined from 95.1 to 85.8 per thousand, concentrated in the 17 to 19 age group" (25). "It led to the 2017-2021 National Plan for the Prevention and Reduction of Early and Teenage Pregnancy, which aims to encourage a series of actions and measures by the State to reduce the high rates of teenage pregnancy and cases of pregnancy at an early age" (25).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"There is a belief that San girls are good sex providers. Men from other ethnic groups will specifically target San girls for sex and start relationships with them at an early age, only to abandon them when they become pregnant. The men thereby disown their own children and do not pay maintenance" (5). "Many San girls drop out of school because of teenage pregnancy and are not allowed to return to school after giving birth, despite the policy on learner pregnancy. Sometimes the girls are asked to move to other schools. Some teachers have sexual affairs with schoolgirls" (11). "Some of the people who distribute food aid in our communities...more
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"There is a belief that San girls are good sex providers. Men from other ethnic groups will specifically target San girls for sex and start relationships with them at an early age, only to abandon them when they become pregnant. The men thereby disown their own children and do not pay maintenance" (5). "Many San girls drop out of school because of teenage pregnancy and are not allowed to return to school after giving birth, despite the policy on learner pregnancy. Sometimes the girls are asked to move to other schools. Some teachers have sexual affairs with schoolgirls" (11). "Some of the people who distribute food aid in our communities...more
March 5, 2025, 8:35 p.m.
Countries: Ecuador
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"According to data from the National Statistics and Census Institute, in 2015 there were 2,436 births resulting from teenage pregnancies, which meant that every day, seven girls between 10 and 14 years became mothers; and in the 15 to 19 age range, 158 adolescents experience early motherhood every day (National Statistics and Census Institute, 2016)" (3).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"According to data from the National Statistics and Census Institute, in 2015 there were 2,436 births resulting from teenage pregnancies, which meant that every day, seven girls between 10 and 14 years became mothers; and in the 15 to 19 age range, 158 adolescents experience early motherhood every day (National Statistics and Census Institute, 2016)" (3).
March 3, 2025, 5:43 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"As more women have entered the workplace, the age they are starting a family has been pushed back. Data from the ONS shows that the most common age for a women who were born in 1949 to give birth was 22. But women born in 1975, were most likely to have children when they were 31-years-old. In another sign that late motherhood is on the rise, half of women born in 1990, the most recent cohort to reach 30-years-old, remained childless at 30 — the highest rate recorded" (para 63-64).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"As more women have entered the workplace, the age they are starting a family has been pushed back. Data from the ONS shows that the most common age for a women who were born in 1949 to give birth was 22. But women born in 1975, were most likely to have children when they were 31-years-old. In another sign that late motherhood is on the rise, half of women born in 1990, the most recent cohort to reach 30-years-old, remained childless at 30 — the highest rate recorded" (para 63-64).
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:27 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The following factors contribute to adolescent pregnancy: Income level: 35.1 per cent of adolescents between 15 and 19 years of age from families in the poorest quintile had become pregnant or were already mothers, compared with 8.6 per cent of those in the richest quintile. Education: 50 per cent of adolescents who had become pregnant had only reached the primary-school level, compared with 8.6 per cent of those with higher education" (36).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The following factors contribute to adolescent pregnancy: Income level: 35.1 per cent of adolescents between 15 and 19 years of age from families in the poorest quintile had become pregnant or were already mothers, compared with 8.6 per cent of those in the richest quintile. Education: 50 per cent of adolescents who had become pregnant had only reached the primary-school level, compared with 8.6 per cent of those with higher education" (36).
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:58 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"In Mchinji District, where Ludzi Girls school is located, 33% of girls are reported to fall pregnant before they reach 18, and leave education" (para 9). "The BBC visited a legal clinic under a makeshift tent in a village in Mchinji district - it had more than 1,000 attendees, mostly women. Some were pregnant teenagers, asking what they could do to stay in school after giving birth" (para 26).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"In Mchinji District, where Ludzi Girls school is located, 33% of girls are reported to fall pregnant before they reach 18, and leave education" (para 9). "The BBC visited a legal clinic under a makeshift tent in a village in Mchinji district - it had more than 1,000 attendees, mostly women. Some were pregnant teenagers, asking what they could do to stay in school after giving birth" (para 26).
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:49 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The Iranian Statistical Center has stopped publishing birth statistics by maternal age since March 2023. However, available data indicate that between 2016 and 2022, an average of 1,438 births per year in Iran were recorded where the mother was under the age of 15" (Para 7).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The Iranian Statistical Center has stopped publishing birth statistics by maternal age since March 2023. However, available data indicate that between 2016 and 2022, an average of 1,438 births per year in Iran were recorded where the mother was under the age of 15" (Para 7).
Feb. 1, 2025, 2:48 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The ONS report showed the average age of fathers increased to 33.8, while the average of mothers remained stable at 30.9" (para 34).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The ONS report showed the average age of fathers increased to 33.8, while the average of mothers remained stable at 30.9" (para 34).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: AOM-DATA-2, MABFC-DATA-1
"The committee nevertheless notes with concern… (c) The relatively high rates of early pregnancy and school dropout among girls, due also to child marriage" (11).
Variables: AOM-DATA-2, MABFC-DATA-1
"The committee nevertheless notes with concern… (c) The relatively high rates of early pregnancy and school dropout among girls, due also to child marriage" (11).
Jan. 30, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"By the age of 17, I had two kids,' she said" (para 25). "She was forced into the order after the death of her mother and was 13 when a 30-year-old man took her virginity. She fell pregnant soon after. 'A normal delivery was difficult. The doctor yelled at my family, saying that I was too young to give birth,' the 45-year-old told AFP. 'I had no understanding' (para 27-28).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"By the age of 17, I had two kids,' she said" (para 25). "She was forced into the order after the death of her mother and was 13 when a 30-year-old man took her virginity. She fell pregnant soon after. 'A normal delivery was difficult. The doctor yelled at my family, saying that I was too young to give birth,' the 45-year-old told AFP. 'I had no understanding' (para 27-28).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The Committee notes the decrease in the number of early pregnancies in the State party" (9).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The Committee notes the decrease in the number of early pregnancies in the State party" (9).
Jan. 28, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"With regard to the health of adolescent girls and women, there has been significant progress in reducing the teenage pregnancy rate, which fell from 29.8 in 2013 to 21.5 in 2018. The coordination of such important inter-institutional and intersectoral efforts as the Meso-American Health Project, the Ministry of Education’s programme on emotional relations and sexuality, the expansion of the coverage of the Comprehensive Approach to Teenage Pregnancy Programme within the framework of the Teenage Mother Care Council and regulatory changes to protect girls and young women from improper relationships could be contributing to a cultural change of greater protection and support for girls and young women, in which the reduction...more
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"With regard to the health of adolescent girls and women, there has been significant progress in reducing the teenage pregnancy rate, which fell from 29.8 in 2013 to 21.5 in 2018. The coordination of such important inter-institutional and intersectoral efforts as the Meso-American Health Project, the Ministry of Education’s programme on emotional relations and sexuality, the expansion of the coverage of the Comprehensive Approach to Teenage Pregnancy Programme within the framework of the Teenage Mother Care Council and regulatory changes to protect girls and young women from improper relationships could be contributing to a cultural change of greater protection and support for girls and young women, in which the reduction...more
Jan. 16, 2025, 9:45 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Data from the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC) indicate that between 2015 and 2018, a total of 1,780 girls under the age of 14 registered their children, which includes girls from the age of 7 (Annex 7)" (11). "Currently, of the total of adolescents aged 15 to 19 years, 12.7% were already pregnant at some time" (13).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Data from the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC) indicate that between 2015 and 2018, a total of 1,780 girls under the age of 14 registered their children, which includes girls from the age of 7 (Annex 7)" (11). "Currently, of the total of adolescents aged 15 to 19 years, 12.7% were already pregnant at some time" (13).
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:49 a.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: CBMC-DATA-1, MABFC-DATA-1
"Childbearing among girls aged between 10 and 14 has steadily risen in recent years. There was a 14% increase between 2021 and 2022, according to the UN Population Fund’s map of adolescent pregnancy and motherhood in Peru" (para 17).
Variables: CBMC-DATA-1, MABFC-DATA-1
"Childbearing among girls aged between 10 and 14 has steadily risen in recent years. There was a 14% increase between 2021 and 2022, according to the UN Population Fund’s map of adolescent pregnancy and motherhood in Peru" (para 17).
Jan. 16, 2025, 10:50 a.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"There was a decline in the number of teenage pregnancies over the period from 2015 to 2019, when there were 6,207 institutional deliveries by minors and a 37 per cent reduction in pregnancies in adolescent high school students" (27). Table 3 shows that "The Adolescent Care Modules of the Ciudad Mujer programe", which serves "pregnant women and teenage mothers between 12 and 18 years of age," proivded services for 10,153 adolescent women in 2019 and 4,074 adolescent women in 2020 (27-28).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"There was a decline in the number of teenage pregnancies over the period from 2015 to 2019, when there were 6,207 institutional deliveries by minors and a 37 per cent reduction in pregnancies in adolescent high school students" (27). Table 3 shows that "The Adolescent Care Modules of the Ciudad Mujer programe", which serves "pregnant women and teenage mothers between 12 and 18 years of age," proivded services for 10,153 adolescent women in 2019 and 4,074 adolescent women in 2020 (27-28).
Jan. 10, 2025, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"For Zainab, 17, who was married two years ago in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the ban on contraceptives was a shock when she was told by her midwife last week. Zainab, who has an 18-month-old daughter, is worried…" (para 11-12). This means she had her first child while she was only 15 years old (MB2-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"For Zainab, 17, who was married two years ago in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the ban on contraceptives was a shock when she was told by her midwife last week. Zainab, who has an 18-month-old daughter, is worried…" (para 11-12). This means she had her first child while she was only 15 years old (MB2-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 9, 2025, 4:09 p.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The number of abortions among adolescents aged 12–19 was 1,778 in 2012, 1,697 in 2013, 1,975 in 2014, 1,443 in 2015, 1,523 in 2016 and 1,454 in 2017. The data on abortion are not fully reliable owing to the problem of unreliable recording and informal payments for abortions performed in early stages of pregnancy, which do not require lengthy procedures" (29). Although these are statistics about teenagers recieving abortions, not giving birth, they may be helpful in inferring the prevelance of teen pregnancy (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The number of abortions among adolescents aged 12–19 was 1,778 in 2012, 1,697 in 2013, 1,975 in 2014, 1,443 in 2015, 1,523 in 2016 and 1,454 in 2017. The data on abortion are not fully reliable owing to the problem of unreliable recording and informal payments for abortions performed in early stages of pregnancy, which do not require lengthy procedures" (29). Although these are statistics about teenagers recieving abortions, not giving birth, they may be helpful in inferring the prevelance of teen pregnancy (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:43 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Because girls typically marry young, many have children in their teens" (para 26).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Because girls typically marry young, many have children in their teens" (para 26).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:27 a.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The Honduran state’s strict control over women’s bodies compels more than 1,000 girls aged 10 to 14 to give birth every year, said Regina Fonseca, from the CDM" (para 12).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The Honduran state’s strict control over women’s bodies compels more than 1,000 girls aged 10 to 14 to give birth every year, said Regina Fonseca, from the CDM" (para 12).
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Adolescent pregnancy is an issue in Kenya, too, where 15% of adolescent girls become mothers before the age of 18. Girls from the poorest households are more likely to become mothers than girls from the richest households" (para 5).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Adolescent pregnancy is an issue in Kenya, too, where 15% of adolescent girls become mothers before the age of 18. Girls from the poorest households are more likely to become mothers than girls from the richest households" (para 5).
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:28 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"According to a recent Department of Health report, Italian women are, on average, older than 31 when they have their first child. About 62 percent of babies in 2022 were born to mothers aged between 30 and 39. Those aged between 20 and 29 accounted for 26 percent of births, compared with 30 percent in 2012" (para 18-19).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"According to a recent Department of Health report, Italian women are, on average, older than 31 when they have their first child. About 62 percent of babies in 2022 were born to mothers aged between 30 and 39. Those aged between 20 and 29 accounted for 26 percent of births, compared with 30 percent in 2012" (para 18-19).
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:39 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Deteriorating conditions in Myanmar and in neighboring Bangladesh’s refugee camps are driving scores of underage Rohingya girls to Malaysia for arranged marriages with Rohingya men who frequently abuse them, The Associated Press found in interviews with 12 young Rohingya brides who have arrived in Malaysia since 2022. The youngest was 13. All the girls interviewed by the AP said they are held hostage by controlling husbands who rarely let them outside. Several said they were beaten and raped by traffickers and other men during the journey to Malaysia, and five said they were abused by their husbands. Half the girls are pregnant or already have babies, despite most saying they...more
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Deteriorating conditions in Myanmar and in neighboring Bangladesh’s refugee camps are driving scores of underage Rohingya girls to Malaysia for arranged marriages with Rohingya men who frequently abuse them, The Associated Press found in interviews with 12 young Rohingya brides who have arrived in Malaysia since 2022. The youngest was 13. All the girls interviewed by the AP said they are held hostage by controlling husbands who rarely let them outside. Several said they were beaten and raped by traffickers and other men during the journey to Malaysia, and five said they were abused by their husbands. Half the girls are pregnant or already have babies, despite most saying they...more
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:36 p.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"In Xieng Khouang, rates of early marriage and pregnancy are high; according to 2017 data, one in four women aged 15 to 19 was married or in a union, and one in five women of the same age group were either pregnant with their first child or had already given birth" (para 6).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"In Xieng Khouang, rates of early marriage and pregnancy are high; according to 2017 data, one in four women aged 15 to 19 was married or in a union, and one in five women of the same age group were either pregnant with their first child or had already given birth" (para 6).
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:50 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Tamara was 12 years old and expecting a baby" (para 15). "The last time we visit, at least two pregnant teenage girls from the village - with arms full of vegetables - say hi to Tamara before heading back home" (para 54).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Tamara was 12 years old and expecting a baby" (para 15). "The last time we visit, at least two pregnant teenage girls from the village - with arms full of vegetables - say hi to Tamara before heading back home" (para 54).
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:54 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The Ministry of Health and Population also reported that 500,000 children are born every year to adolescent mothers" (para 10).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The Ministry of Health and Population also reported that 500,000 children are born every year to adolescent mothers" (para 10).
Nov. 13, 2024, 12:12 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The 40-year-old [Conservative MP Miriam Cates], who has a degree in genetics from Cambridge and worked as a biology teacher, said that fewer that half of women have a baby before 30" (6).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The 40-year-old [Conservative MP Miriam Cates], who has a degree in genetics from Cambridge and worked as a biology teacher, said that fewer that half of women have a baby before 30" (6).
Oct. 22, 2024, 11:02 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Girls are also at an increased risk of dropping out as they progress through education, with one in 14 girls in Iraq aged between 15 and 19 giving birth, according to estimates by the charity Save the Children" (para 10).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Girls are also at an increased risk of dropping out as they progress through education, with one in 14 girls in Iraq aged between 15 and 19 giving birth, according to estimates by the charity Save the Children" (para 10).
Oct. 9, 2024, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1, BR-DATA-1
"In 2019, the birth rate was at 58.2 per 1,000 for women aged 15-19 years indicating a high birth rate among adolescence" (4).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1, BR-DATA-1
"In 2019, the birth rate was at 58.2 per 1,000 for women aged 15-19 years indicating a high birth rate among adolescence" (4).
Sept. 6, 2024, 10:07 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
“Cameroon reports that 60% of patients seeking help in hospitals have lived with obstetric fistula for more than 5 years. Eighty percent of patients have no formal education and 90% were teenagers when they had their first baby” (9).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
“Cameroon reports that 60% of patients seeking help in hospitals have lived with obstetric fistula for more than 5 years. Eighty percent of patients have no formal education and 90% were teenagers when they had their first baby” (9).