Table 2 shows the differences in so

Table 2 shows the differences in socioeconomic status, service utilization, and reproductive
health history between teenage and adult mothers. A
higher proportion of teenage mothers completed
secondary school or higher levels of formal education,
had insufficient family income, did not own their home/
house, were single-parents, seldom consulted withhealth personnel, and had an unplanned pregnancy
compared with adult mothers. Most teenage mothers
were pregnant for the first time. Among teenagers with
two or more parity, there was a higher proportion or
higher risk of previous obstetric problems than amongst
the cohort of adult women, 1.56 times.
Table 3 illustrates the differences in pregnancy
outcomes between teenage and adult mothers. Teenage
mothers gave birth to a significantly higher proportion
or higher risk of low birth-weight infants (15.1%) than
the cohort of adult mothers (8.8%), or 1.7 times. However, there was no significant difference in the APGAR
scores or neonatal problems, comparing infants born
to teenage mothers versus adult mothers.