TY - JOUR T1 - Adolescents from different socioeconomic backgrounds had different attitudes about teen pregnancy JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 125 LP - 125 DO - 10.1136/ebn.4.4.125 VL - 4 IS - 4 A2 - , Y1 - 2001/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/4/4/125.abstract N2 - Jewell D, Tacchi J, Donovan J.Teenage pregnancy: whose problem is it?Fam Pract2000 Dec;17:522–8OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science QUESTION: What are the attitudes of adolescent women about sex, contraception, and adolescent pregnancy?Ethnography.Bristol, UK.34 young women (16–22 y) were recruited from young mothers' groups, general practices, young people's sexual health clinics, and by snowball sampling; 16 were young mothers or were pregnant and most (n=24) lived in socioeconomically “disadvantaged” circumstances.Data were collected through indepth interviews and participant observation of 4 different young mothers' groups. Interviews were audiotaped and transcribed. Descriptive accounts and accompanying field notes were organised around major themes within the context of young women's sexual and emotional relationships and social circumstances.Attitudes towards adolescent pregnancy. Young women from disadvantaged backgrounds thought the ideal age for starting a family was 17–25 years. Women from advantaged backgrounds wanted to wait until their late 20s or early 30s, emphasising career, university, money, and personal development; these … ER -