Distribution of youth from 18 to 24 years old who have child/children, according to the characteristics of the first pregnancy carried to term and the outcomes through the first year after the birth of the child, by sex.
Selected characteristics
Women
Men
Total
-value
%
%
%
Main reaction of the family with the news of the pregnancy
625
240
865
0,0072
The family was happy
45,1
43,1
44,5
The family offered help in taking care of the child
21,8
34,8
25,8
The family suggested an abortion
9,4
6,2
8,4
The family demanded marriage/conjugal union
8,6
3,4
6,9
The family expelled you from home
3,9
0,3
2,7
The family did not know about the pregnancy
2,5
4,9
3,3
Other reactions
8,8
7,5
8,4
Schooling in the first year after delivery
617
237
854
0,0016
Not in school, and continued out of school
47,1
53,3
49,0
Continued in school
14,8
26,0
18,3
Quit school for a period
22,7
12,2
19,5
Definitively quit school
15,4
8,5
13,3
Work in the first year after delivery
620
235
855
0,0000
Not working and continued as such
59,3
12,0
44,7
Started to work
14,0
18,4
15,3
Quit working
8,2
4,2
6,9
Already working
18,5
65,4
33,1
With whom the first child lives
620
237
857
0,0000
With both parents
50,5
48,9
50,0
With you and/or your family
38,9
5,1
28,4
With the partner and/or her(his) family
1,9
41,2
14,1
Other arrangements
8,7
4,7
7,4
Source: GRAVAD, 2002. Population: youth from 18 to 24 years old, Porto Alegre (RS), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Salvador (BA).
