SOCIAL CAPITAL and ADOLESCENT GIRLS' RESILIENCE to TEENAGE PREGNANCY in BEGORO, Ghana

Sylvia Esther Gyan; Collins Ahorlu; Dan Bright S. Dzorgbo; Clara K. Fayorsey

doi:10.1017/S002193201600047X

SOCIAL CAPITAL and ADOLESCENT GIRLS' RESILIENCE to TEENAGE PREGNANCY in BEGORO, Ghana

Sylvia Esther Gyan, Collins Ahorlu, Dan Bright S. Dzorgbo, Clara K. Fayorsey

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This study focuses on how older adolescent girls access and utilize social capital to develop resilience against teenage pregnancy in Begoro, Ghana. A survey of 419 non-pregnant girls aged 15-19 years, selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling technique, was conducted in 2012. Qualitative data were gathered through in-depth interviews with ten girls purposively selected from the survey respondents. Parents, relatives, teachers and religious groups were found to be important sources of social capital for the non-pregnant girls in developing resilience against teenage pregnancy. In addition, resilient girls tended to rely on multiple sources of social capital. It is recommended that stakeholders and policymakers in Ghana ensure that these significant sources of social capital in adolescent girls' sexual experience are equipped with the right information to help girls decrease the risk of teenage pregnancy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	334-347
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Biosocial Science
Volume	49
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S002193201600047X
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2017

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