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. 2022 Jun 14;14(6):e25921. doi: 10.7759/cureus.25921

Table 2. Summary of the studies included for the determinants of adolescent pregnancy.

Reference Type of study Population selected for the study Time frame of the study Region Conclusion
Akanbi et al. [14] (2021)   8,448 teenage females of age 15-18 years 2018 Nigeria The determinants of pregnancy involve living with a significant other, having no education, fewer health checkups in one year, knowledge of family planning, 18-19 years of age group, living in a village, and poverty.
Beyene et al. [13] (2015) Facility-based quantitative cross-sectional study 783 randomly selected teenage females January to April 2014 (four months) Assosa General Hospital, Ethiopia Educational attainment, age, marital status, work status, household earnings, and the use of various contraception methods were the major determinants of teenage pregnancy. It was also noted that open-ended communications with parents, health checkups at school, and allowing young women to work acted as protective factors for preventing teenage pregnancy.