Name of Candidate: Jomodean AlexanderSchool: West St. George Secondary SchoolSchool Center #: 150028Candidate #:Teacher: Mr. Dale Samuel

Table of Content Page #

Acknowledgment 1.

Introduction 2.

Statement of Problem 3.

Reason for Selecting Research Area 4.

Method of Investigation 5.

Instruments used to collect data 6, 7.

Appendix 8, 9.

Procedures used to collect data 10, 11.

Presentation of Data 12, 13.

Analysis and Interpretation of Data 14. Statement of Findings 15.

Recommendations and Implementations Strategy 16.

Bibliography 17.

Conclusion 18.

AcknowledgmentFirst of all I would like to Thank God for helping me in every moment of time through this Social Studies SBA. I also will like to thank everyone with every respect who helped me in the completion of this SBA project. Thanks to my Sisters who helped in some of the most difficult part of this SBA, my cousins, my father for printing it and delivering it on time for me and I also want to thank my teacher for encouraging me and believing in me while I was performing certain act. Thank you all.

IntroductionRichmond Hill and Frenches are both small community. It is located in St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Kingstown and is about 4 miles away from my school. I have been a grown up resident of Richmond Hill for over the past fifteen (15) years. At this time, I have observed a number of problems lead to teenage pregnancy in the area and I have therefore decided to conduct a survey to investigate the factors that accounts to the Levels and Causes of Teenage Pregnancy.

Statement of problemTeenage Pregnancy is a major problem in my community.

What are some levels and causes of Teenage Pregnancy in my district?

Aims To find out the possible causes of Teenage Pregnancy.

How high is the levels of Teenage Pregnancy?

In what way can Teenage Pregnancy be prevented?

Reason for Selecting Research Area

The researcher chose to inspect this social problem because young females of this modern time are being thrown out of their parents house and kicked out of school because of them being pregnant at a young age without their parents knowing and anyone else even notice until they start showing signs and symptoms.

Also, young females are being reckless and not taking care of themselves, so in order to give a little word of advice I choose this topic.

Method of InvestigationIn-order for the researcher to collect the data he/she used printed questionnaires, questionnaires are more suitable for this type of research because they offer various advantages:

It takes little or no time to be completed.

its more easier for the researcher to ask questions to this type of research and receive answers to fulfill his/ her task.

Respondents are more pleased answering these questions because their personal information is not required.

Instruments used to collect dataMy name is Jomodean Alexander I’m a Social Studies student from St. Vincent and the Grenadines at W.S.G.S.S, researching Teenage pregnancy- its levels and causes in my district. This is being done for my Social Studies School Based Assessment. You are required to answer all questions honestly and truthfully, by putting a tick in the box that is your answer, since your personal information are not required, persons will not know who you are and this information will be kept safe. I'm looking forward for your kind cooperation, Thank you.

Yours Sincerely,Jomodean Alexander.

What is your age group range? 13-14 15-16 17-18

What is your sex/gender? Male Female

1. What type of family are you presently live in? Extended Sibling Nuclear Single Parent

2. Does poor parenting cause teenage pregnancy? Strongly Agree Agree Strongly dis-agree Dis-agree

3. Does using alcohol beverages affect your health? Agree Strongly agree Disagree Strongly disagree

4. At what age you started to drink? 12-13 14-15 15-16 17-18

5. Are you willing to stop drinking alcohol beverages? Yes No Maybe

6. Is it important to use contraceptives? Strongly agree Agree Strongly dis-agree Dis-agree

7. Is child abuse a cause of teenage pregnancy? Agree Strongly Agree Disagree Strongly disagree

8. Does using birth control mean you are safe? Agree Strongly agree Disagree Strongly disagree

9. What is the best type of birth control method? Condoms Abstinence Intrauterine devices

10. Is teenage pregnancy a problem in the Caribbean? Agree Strongly agree Disagree Strongly disagree

11. Is teenage pregnancy a common thing in the rural areas? Strongly agree Agree Strongly dis-agree Dis-agree

12. Is teenage pregnancy a common thing in the urban areas? Strongly agree Agree Strongly dis-agree Dis-agree

13. Does any type of teenage pregnancy program exist in your community? Yes No None

14. What would you do to help prevent teenage pregnancy in your community? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Procedures used to collect Data For this School Based Assessment, It would have been difficult for me to get a response from every person, within the ages 12-20 in Kingstown where this research was done. Therefore, two specific villages within this area were being targeted. Both Richmond Hill and Frenches approximately consist of about 2000 people, which only 10 person from each was necessary in order to provide correct results. I then decided to elect people by random selecting people. The 20 selected persons were provided with 20 questionnaires on Wednesday January 15th 2014 and were recollected on Monday January 20th 2014.

Appendix-Showing the responses to the QuestionnairesQuestion # Questions Options Raw Score Percentage

%Sex Male 6 15

Female 14 85

Age 13-14 4 2015-16 6 3017-18 10 50

8 Does using birth control mean you are safe?

Strongly Agree

2 10

Agree 3 15Strongly

Dis-agree10 50

Dis-agree 5 25

10 Is teenage pregnancy a problem in the community?

Strongly Agree

12 60

Agree 4 25Dis-agree 3 10Strongly Disagree

1 5

7 Does poor Strongly 12 60

parenting causes

teenage pregnancy?

Agree

Agree 4 25Strongly

Dis-agree1 5

Dis-agree 3 10

Presentation of DataShowing the response to question # 11 which ask, if teenage pregnancy is a problem in the rural areas?

Table-1Options Raw Score Percentage %

Strongly Agree 12 60Agree 4 25

Strongly Dis-agree 1 10Dis-agree 3 5

Total 20 100

Figure-1 Pie chart showing the response to question # 1 which ask respondents to indicate if teenage pregnancy a

problem in the urban areas?

Figure-2 Histogram showing the response to question # 10 that asked respondents to state if teenage pregnancy is a problem in the Caribbean.

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Analysis and Interpretation of Data

In response to question #10 the majority of females (85%) agree that poor parenting is the main cause of teenage pregnancy while the minority (15%) of males dis-agree with the question. The responses of both males and females may be different because the females may have encountered more about pregnant teenagers.

Responding to question #10, the majority of older persons (80%) (15-18) believed that teenage pregnancy is a problem in the community, whereas a minority of younger persons (20%) (13-14) believed the statement. The difference in opinion may result because parents may have been more responsible with the lives of their young teens than the older teens.

Statement of Findings

Three factual Statements the Researcher discovered are:

1. Most of the perpetrators of teenage pregnancy are females of the age 13-16 as indicated 90% of the respondents.

2. The majority respondents (85%) agree that poor parenting is the main cause of teenage pregnancy.

3. Majority of the respondents 85% agree that child abuse is a cause of teenage pregnancy.

Recommendations and Implementation Strategy

Two recommendations based on the findings are:

Finding-1 The counselor should organize sessions for young females of the 13-16 on how to avoid getting pregnant at a young age.

Finding-2 The Government can open sessions/clubs for adults in every community that is based on parenting skills, having trained individuals to carry out this program. Implementations of recommendations 1 & 2: Implementation for recommendation-1

The counselor should organize sessions for young females at the ages of 13-16 to empower them on how to avoid getting pregnant at such young stage of their life. These sessions should be conducted by a professional individual, young females can meet at-least twice a week for a 30 minutes session at 12:30 am.

Implementation for recommendation-2

The governments opening sessions/clubs for adults in every community that is based on parenting skills, having a trained individual carrying out this program would be something good in the community to help reduce the rate of teenage pregnancy. This session should take place three times a week for 2hrs starting from 3:00pm to 5:00pm, all year round.

Conclusion

Bibliography

Book: Everything you want to know about Teenage PregnancyAuthor: Tracy Hughes

Book: Social Studies for the CaribbeanAuthor: I.B Beeddoe, L. Bernard, B.A Rohlehr, K. Seepersad

Website: Http//www.teenage pregnancy.com