Examining policies toward adolescent pregnancies across Africa

What is the relationship between religion and education policy

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15434398
AutoresRachel Hagues (0000-0003-4613-6379, Samford University, autor correspondente), Sara Helms Mccarty (0000-0003-2100-728X, Samford University)
Ano2022
Volume42
Fascículo1
Páginas73-93
Data de publicação2022-09-23
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work Social Thought (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1542-6432 • E-ISSN: 1542-6440
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15426432.2022.2120447
OpenAlexW4297014615
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas17

Pregnancy is life altering for women. For an adolescent girl, a pregnancy can set her on a radically different life trajectory, potentially toward a life of poverty. Across the world, governments differ in the way they respond to teenage pregnancy, especially in light of policies toward schoolgirls finishing their education. We explore how religion correlates with policy and practice toward teenage pregnancy, examining whether teenage moms are supported if they want to return to school after giving birth. We consider whether the predominant religion in a country corresponded to the type of policies that were passed. We use Gallup World data to predict whether a country that criminalizes or expels pregnant schoolgirls by their self-reported religion. We also run a simple ordinary least squares regression to estimate a linear probability model with the outcome that indicates whether the country expels pregnant teens from school or considers teen pregnancy a criminal expense. Findings indicate that countries that were primarily Protestant Christian were much more likely to have restorative policies toward girls who were pregnant or had given birth, supporting them if they decided to pursue school completion

Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Girl · Ordinary least squares · Political science · Population · Poverty · Pregnancy · Protestantism · Sociology · Teenage pregnancy · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology