The high rates of teen and teen pregnancyas well as their educational gap remain static in the country, according to the general report of the Enhogar-MICS 2019from the National Statistics Office (ONE) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Among the most relevant data is that the 20.4% of women aged 20 to 24 had a child before the age of 18 and that the 2% had a child before the age of 15. In that age group, 32% of women married or had a union before the age of 18.
The study highlights that the variable that has the greatest impact on this problem is the level of education of these women, increasing this figure to 65% in young with primary education, versus 12% in those with tertiary education.
Poverty follows, rising to 49% among the poorest, versus 11% among the richest. In both cases, the data is worse in rural areas.
He points out that, in relation to education, one of the most worrying findings is that only 61% of young people between the ages of 18 and 23 have completed high school.
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In addition, huge disparities are shown between the richest, in which 90.5% finish high school, versus the poorest, where only 28% finish. They point out that women finish secondary school 20% more than men.
The report highlights that 9% of women between the ages of 20 and 24 married or had a union before the age of 15.
violent discipline
The survey showed that 63.5% of children between one and 14 years old have experienced a method of violent discipline, increasing this figure to 70% in the group of 3 to 4 years old.
The study also found that there is little coverage of early childhood care services, since only 48% of children attend these services.
