A discussion of interrelationship between adolescent pregnancy and stay in school , a model application from probit

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the likelihood of a teen student to become a mother. Furthermore we investigated the effect caused by the fertility chances early in the teenager to continue in their studies. To this end, use has been made the basis of data from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) of 2009. The main results
showed that the total of more than 16 million teenagers, 5.37% reported having had children, which corresponds to 902,567 people. Among those who are already mothers, 52.77% took the condition of his wife in the family, while 30.93% are heads and only 11.91% remained in the condition of her daughter. Furthermore, 63.35% of
these young mothers have at most eight years of study. Most teenage mothers live in the Northeast and 69.39% have family income of up to half the minimum wage, against 42.68% of those who are not mothers. In the analysis of a probit model, it was shown that the fact that the teenager being a student reduces the likelihood of it being a mother. On the other hand, girls who took early maternity are less likely to stay in school. Furthermore, increases in per capita income to help reduce chances of early motherhood increase the likelihood of school attendance. It’s suggested therefore that public policies aimed at reducing fertility in adolescence are focused preferentially on the increase in family income, reducing the concentration of wealth and the pursuit of growth and maintenance of school attendance.