Teen pregnancy 10 times more likely in low-income households, study finds

In the UK, young girls from disadvantaged pasts are more likely to give birth before the age of 20 years of age in their peers in higher income brackets.

Academically high -income highly successful girls were 10 times more likely to report pregnancy to a hospital and had a chance of 3.5 percent of equal academic, higher income peers, which had a chance of 0.3 percent.

Pregnancy rates are the highest for low -successful girls with poor history with a chance of 12.9 percent until the age of 20. This is 40 times higher than a highly successful, richer group.

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John Jerrim, Professor of Education and Social Statistics at the University College London, Oxford Education Review, Socio -economically disadvantaged children with high levels of early success are perhaps the lowest hanging fruit to promote social mobility.

Iz If we are going to help them fulfill their potentials, we should support this group academically at school and it needs to accompany arrangements to help them manage the wider problems in their lives. This requires a combined approach between education, social care and health services. ”

The study determined how numbers differ among high -successful girls from different socioeconomic groups between the ages of 11 and 20. Success was classified as 25 percent as a result of the SATs received at the end of primary school.

The researchers calculated the numbers by observing the number of girls in contact with a hospital due to pregnancy.

In the report, “Since we cannot observe termination, this is largely an indication of pregnancies (ie a child giving birth) rather than becoming pregnant,” he said.

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The latest data from the National Statistics Office (ounces) revealed that young understanding rates increased in England and Wales after 14 years of decrease rates. Pregnant rates rose to 0.2 percent for women between the ages of 16-17 and under 16 years of age in 2022.

Local Government Authority (LGA) Head of the Health and Welfare Committee Wendy Taylor said: “Young pregnancy is not only a public health problem, but also about protection, education and social justice.

“It is equally vital to support young parents, improve the results and break disadvantage cycles.”

The study also found that highly successful children from disadvantaged pasts were twice as much as the possibility of being hospitalized for mental health and behavior, and that there was a 8 percent chance compared to 4 percent for their peers.

Mr Jerrim said: “The results point to the needs of services to improve the complex needs of young people. This involves the right environment for early intervention, which is very important in addressing various difficulties from different socioeconomic and successes.”