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Table 4 Socio-cultural Determinants of Adolescent Pregnancy

From: Socio-cultural factors influencing adolescent pregnancy in Ghana: a scoping review

Socio-cultural Factors

Studies

School drop-out and poor education background

[10, 24,25,26,27,28,29,30]

Living in rural areas

[10]

Poverty

[21, 22, 25, 28,29,30,31,32]

Poor parenting

[22, 25, 32, 33]

Family neglect

[23]

Family pressure

[21]

Concealing sex education and knowledge

[32]

Strick rules and regulations in family.

[7]

Lack of parent-daughter sex communication

[28, 34]

Peer influence

[7, 21, 23, 25, 26, 29,30,31,32,33, 38]

Curiosity

[22]

Social media

[26, 33]

Risky sexual behaviors/ transactional sex,

[24, 28, 38, 39]

Early sexual debut

[27, 39]

Perceived parent support

[24]

Poor knowledge or education on SRH

[21,22,23,24, 28, 31, 33, 38,39,40,41]

Non-usage and Misconception about contraceptives

[21,22,23, 30, 38, 41, 42]

Use of traditional contraceptives

[42]

Embarrassing process in acquiring contraceptives

[42]

Child-marriage

[26, 29, 30, 35]

Sexual coercion

[22, 29]

Religious support for sex before marriage

[7]

Taboo in discussing sex-related issues

[34]

A decline in puberty rites and virginity inspection

[22]