Teen pregnancy in Inuit communities – gaps still needed to be filled

Figures & data

Table I. Likely determinants known to be related to teenage pregnancies.

	Inuit	AI/AN	General population
Psychological and socio-economic factors
Low education of teen	x	x	x
Single/divorced/separated/unmarried teen mother	x	x	x
Low household income	x	x	x
Single-parent household or large family living in teen's house	x	x	x
Overcrowding and house in need of major repairs	x
Low education of teens’ parents			x
Divorced/separated parents of teen			x
Teenage pregnancy of the mother/siblings of the teen			x
Substance use of teen			x
Mental illness (distress, depression) of teen		x	x
Low self-esteem of teen			x
Sexual behaviours
Lacking access to or making poor use of contraception		x	x
Early sexual activity		x	x
Frequency of sexual intercourse		x	x
Substance use before sexual intercourse		x	x
Diverse sexual risky behaviours (ever having sex, multiple partners, recent sexual intercourse)		x	x

AI/AN, American Indian/Alaska Native.