Favara, MartaAzevedo, Joao PedroHaddock, Sarah E.Muller, MiriamLopez-Calva, Luis F.Perova, Elizaveta2014-02-102014-02-102012https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16978The pregnancy project sought to expose the existence, and challenge the validity, of stereotypes about Hispanic women. The charade explored the underlying motivations of the many who responded with a wide range of reactions. The specific objectives of this regional study are: to establish a thorough description of the magnitude of the issue and its potential implications for social advancement; to advance the understanding of the risk factors, motivations and impacts at the household level-as a determinant of poverty and a cause of intra-and intergenerational poverty traps; to illuminate the coping mechanisms and their individual and social implications; to highlight the gender-related issues that have historically provoked asymmetric costs to boys and girls; and to provide elements that support specific policies on this matter. In the last decade, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have been moving in the right direction and the region has experienced important gains in gender equality of endowments (assets) and economic opportunities. In most LAC countries, girls have been achieving gender parity in primary school enrollment and even outperforming boys at the secondary and tertiary level. The present report reviews the factors associated with teenage pregnancy and early childbearing and builds a framework to explore these issues systematically, towards the design of effective policy interventions in LAC. Teen pregnancy and early childbearing remain a challenge in the region, particularly given the association of these phenomena with poverty and lack of opportunities, and the concern that it may prevent women from taking full advantage of their human development assets and opportunities. The main message of the report is that poverty and lack of opportunities are key factors associated to early childbearing.El embarazo adolescente y la maternidad temprana continúan siendo un gran desafío para la región, particularmente debido a la asociación de estos fenómenos con la pobreza y la falta de oportunidades, y la preocupación de estos factores podrían constituir impedimentos para que las mujeres aprovechen al máximo sus recursos y oportunidades de desarrollo humano. El presente informe examina los factores asociados con el embarazo adolescente y la maternidad temprana y crea un marco para explorar estos temas de forma sistemática hacia el diseño de intervenciones efectivas en el marco de políticas en América Latina. El mensaje principal que este documento pretende divulgar es que la pobreza y la falta de oportunidades son factores clave asociados a la maternidad temprana. El informe destaca la importancia de fortalecer la agencia y la autonomía de las mujeres en su participación en los mercados, comunidad y relaciones personales con el fin de que puedan tomar decisiones efectivas y elegir sobre los planes de vida que tienen motivo de valorar. Esto último podría incluir intervenciones no tradicionales y constituir un desafío para el diseño de políticas efectivas.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABORTIONACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVE METHODSACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVESACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO EMPLOYMENTACCESS TO INFORMATIONADOLESCENCEADOLESCENTADOLESCENT BIRTHADOLESCENT BIRTH RATEADOLESCENT CHILDBEARINGADOLESCENT FERTILITYADOLESCENT FERTILITY RATEADOLESCENT FERTILITY RATESADOLESCENT MOTHERADOLESCENT MOTHERHOODADOLESCENT MOTHERSADOLESCENT POPULATIONADOLESCENT PREGNANCIESADOLESCENT PREGNANCYADOLESCENTSADULTHOODAGE OF MARRIAGEALCOHOLALCOHOL CONSUMPTIONAUTONOMY OF WOMENAVERAGE AGEBABYBASIC EDUCATIONCARE PROVISIONCHILD BEARINGCHILD CARECHILD MORTALITYCHILD SURVIVALCHILDBEARINGCHILDBIRTHCHRONIC MALNUTRITIONCOMPLICATIONSCONSEQUENCES OF FERTILITYCONTRACEPTIVECONTRACEPTIVE KNOWLEDGECONTRACEPTIVE METHODSCONTRACEPTIVE TECHNOLOGYCONTRACEPTIVE USECONTROL OVER RESOURCESDECLINE OF FERTILITYDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISSEMINATIONDIVORCEDOMESTIC VIOLENCEDROPOUTDRUG USEDRUGSEARLY CHILDBEARINGEARLY MOTHERHOODEARLY PREGNANCIESEARLY PREGNANCYEARLY SEXUAL INITIATIONECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC STATUSEDUCATED WOMENEFFECTIVE POLICIESENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONFAMILIESFAMILY BACKGROUNDFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY RELATIONSHIPSFAMILY RESOURCESFEMALE LABORFEMALE LABOR FORCEFERTILITY RATEFERTILITY RATESFIRST CHILDFIRST MARRIAGEFIRST SEXUAL INTERCOURSEFRIENDLY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICESGENDERGENDER EQUALITYGENDER GAPSGENDER INEQUALITIESGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER PARITYGENDER ROLESGIRLS AT RISKGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEALTH CAREHEALTH SERVICESHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIMMIGRATIONIMPACT ON FERTILITYINCOME INEQUALITYINEQUITIESINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSIONINTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVESLABOR MARKETLACK OF INFORMATIONLEGAL STATUSLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLOWER ADOLESCENT FERTILITYMALE STERILIZATIONMARITAL STATUSMATERNAL AGEMATERNAL MORTALITYMINISTRY OF HEALTHMISCARRIAGEMISCARRIAGESMISUNDERSTANDINGMODERN CONTRACEPTIVE METHODSMOTHERNUMBER OF BIRTHSNUTRITIONAL STATUSOLDER MOTHERSOLDER WOMENOPINION LEADERSOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENPACE OF DECLINEPARENTAL SUPPORTPEER EDUCATIONPEER PRESSUREPOLICY CONCERNPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPREGNANCY RATEPREGNANCY RATESPREGNANT TEENAGERPREGNANT TEENAGERSPREGNANT WOMANPREGNANT WOMENPREGNANT YOUTHPRIMARY SCHOOLPSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORTPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITUREQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICESRESPECTRISK FACTORSRISK OF VIOLENCERISKY BEHAVIORRISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORRURAL AREASRURAL POPULATIONSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL HOURSSCHOOL QUALITYSCHOOLSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSELF-CONFIDENCESEXUAL ACTIVITYSEXUAL BEHAVIORSEXUAL EDUCATIONSEXUAL INITIATIONSEXUAL INTERCOURSESEXUAL RELATIONSSEXUALLY ACTIVESEXUALLY ACTIVE ADOLESCENTSSOCIAL AFFAIRSSOCIAL CONDITIONSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL MOBILITYSOCIAL NORMSSOCIAL PROBLEMSSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL RETURNSSOCIAL SECTORSOCIAL SERVICESSTERILIZATIONSTILLBIRTHSUICIDETEENTEEN GIRLSTEEN PREGNANCYTEENAGE CHILDBEARINGTEENAGE FERTILITYTEENAGE GIRLSTEENAGE MOTHERTEENAGE MOTHERHOODTEENAGE MOTHERSTEENAGE PREGNANCIESTEENAGE PREGNANCYTEENAGE WOMENTEENAGE YEARSTEENAGERTEENAGERSTEENSTERTIARY LEVELTOTAL FERTILITY RATETOTAL FERTILITY RATESTRADITIONAL CONTRACEPTIVETVUNEMPLOYMENTUNINTENDED PREGNANCIESUNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISIONUNPROTECTED SEXUNSAFE ABORTIONUNSAFE ABORTIONSURBAN AREASUSE OF CONDOMSUSE OF CONTRACEPTIVESVITAL STATISTICSWDRYOUNG AGEYOUNG MOTHERSYOUNG WOMENYOUNGER MOTHERSYOUNGER WOMENYOUTH10.1596/16978