chuckwoww Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Most young mums still schoolgirls BANGKOK: -- Almost 78 per cent of young mothers in Bangkok became pregnant while they were school students, research has found. Passanant Assawarak, of King Mongkut's University of Technology Thon Buri, carried out an in-depth study subsidised by the National Culture Commission of mothers in several emergency homes for girls in the capital. It found 43 per cent were aged between 14 and 20 and got pregnant after sex with high-school boyfriends. A further 34.7 per cent were under 14 and in primary education, while others were vocational students, university students, or uneducated. Some 70 per cent were first-time mothers, while 14 per cent were victims of sexual assault. Prisana Pongthadsirikul, secretary-general of the Commission, told a press conference yesterday that 34.7 per cent of their partners were high-school boys, 24 per cent were in primary education, 10 per cent were vocational students. Most of the mothers said they did not dare to have an abortion, but 21 per cent admitted they had attempted to abort the babies but failed. The poll also found 3,200 out of 10,373 people calling a Child Protection Foundation hotline were pregnant students. Some said they wanted to commit suicide. -- The Nation 2006-08-31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Ah, but who to blame for this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ckrisg Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 For Bangkok read Manchester UK same same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 14% were victims of sexual assualt. Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 14%, I said the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidel Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 I assume AIDS has disappeared then? Nobody is using condoms... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted August 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 A lot of Thais still think you only get AIDS from falang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Most young mums still schoolgirls BANGKOK: -- Almost 78 per cent of young mothers in Bangkok became pregnant while they were school students, research has found. Passanant Assawarak, of King Mongkut's University of Technology Thon Buri, carried out an in-depth study subsidised by the National Culture Commission of mothers in several emergency homes for girls in the capital. It found 43 per cent were aged between 14 and 20 and got pregnant after sex with high-school boyfriends. A further 34.7 per cent were under 14 and in primary education, while others were vocational students, university students, or uneducated. Some 70 per cent were first-time mothers, while 14 per cent were victims of sexual assault. Prisana Pongthadsirikul, secretary-general of the Commission, told a press conference yesterday that 34.7 per cent of their partners were high-school boys, 24 per cent were in primary education, 10 per cent were vocational students. Most of the mothers said they did not dare to have an abortion, but 21 per cent admitted they had attempted to abort the babies but failed. The poll also found 3,200 out of 10,373 people calling a Child Protection Foundation hotline were pregnant students. Some said they wanted to commit suicide. -- The Nation 2006-08-31 So how many schoolgirls became pregnant? 10? 10%? The surveys meaningless with out that figure. 3,200 students rang the hotline, did this include university students? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Julian, Don't start nit picking Such irrelevent questions can only come from a Farang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lembeh Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 That article and survey is *serious* f*cked up. It is based upon: "mothers in several emergency homes for girls in the capital." its got bugger all to do with what is going on in the population in general. There is no way that people at an "emergency home" for girls is representative of the population in general!!! Women at "emergency homes for *girls*" are going to be young/distressed etc with mitigating facors (i.e. kicked out of home for being pregnant etc). Serioulsy, seriously f*cked up presentation. There are several deeply concerning points about the survey (the high rape percentage, as well as the ages - one third 14 years or less), but that should never have been presented as "Almost 78 per cent of young mothers in Bangkok became pregnant while they were school students". Total bollocks, and whoever was responsible for the presentation of the data should be shot. -j- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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