Adolescent Pregnancy Attitudinal Survey

150 Pages·2002·5.2 MB·English

by  Wolfe, Amy Katherine

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A THESIS
Submitted by Amy K. Wolfe
in partial fulfillment ofthe requirements
for the degree ofMaster ofPublic Administration
Accepted by the thesis committee:
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Terry BUNorris, Chair date
William L. Chappell
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ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY ATTITUDINAL SURVEY
By
AMY KATHERINE WOLFE
Bachelor ofScience, Columbus State University May 10, 1999
Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
ofthe Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
2002

Abstract
A
census of53 adolescent females was conducted over a period oftime
beginning July 15, 2001 and ending March 5, 2002. Each subject was surveyed by
using an interview with 66 items. The resources examined in this census were
means oftransportation and the social support structure before the female became
an adolescent.
The census found that 72 percent (N=53) ofthe adolescent females
interviewed do not have a car, and 79 percent do not use public transportation. The
census also found that 77 percent ofthe adolescent females interviewed do depend
on their family/friends for transportation, and eighty-five percent do not walk to
most ofthe places that they want to go.
The census found that 100 percent (N=52) ofthe adolescent females
interviewed stated that the most important person in their life when they were 10
years old was a family member. The census also found that the gender ofthe most
important person ofthese adolescent females, when they were ten years old, was
79 percent female and 21 percent male.