An Analytical Study of Socio Economic Status of Teenage Mothers

In any community, teen age pregnancy is associated with culture of poverty and deprivation. Teen age mother hood is a problem of all segments of society.

To know the association of socio economic status and teen age mothers if any.

Two hundred and nine teen age women who delivered in a tertiary care hospital taken as sample. Socio economic status decided by modified B.G. Prasad's classification.

More than 90% women belong to Lower middle and upper middle class. There was not a single case from Upper class.

In the lower socio economic group daughters are considered as transitory members of family and financial burden on family, so they marry their daughters as early as possible to get free from this burden. The phenomenon of early marriage is highly related to schooling of girls hence authors suggest that irrespective of caste, religion, socio economic status, each girl must be given fees free education to the highest level including medical and technical etc.