Adolescense pregnancy in a marginalized rural community in Mexico

Jiménez-González, A.; Granados-Cosme, J.é A.; Rosales-Flores, R.A.

Salud Publica de Mexico 59(1): 11-18

2017


ISSN/ISBN: 0036-3634
PMID: 28423105
DOI: 10.21149/8410
Document Number: 664037
To identify objective and subjective conditions in the lives of pregnant teens within a highly-marginalized community in the state of Puebla, Mexico. Objective and subjective conditions of pregnant teens were evaluated through a mixed methodology (surveys, observation guides and a structured interview guide). The main family characteristic is the absence of a father due to migration, no desire to study or work and the new meaning of pregnancy: the initial social stigma for engaging in a sexual activity and then, the stigma for being a young mother. Objective conditions show family disintegration, lack of access to education at the community, high school and college level as well as unemployment as processes linked to teen pregnancy; thus, making it practically impossible to develop life goals. Subjective conditions center around the reproduction of gender stereotypes related to maternity.

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