Background: Despite the high rate of HIV infections, there is still high rate of early
unprotected sex, unintended pregnancy, and unsafe abortions especially among unmarried …

Early marriage is a worldwide problem associated with a range of health and social
consequences for teenage girls. Designing effective health interventions for managing early …

Introduction Family planning contributes significantly to the prevention of maternal and child
mortality. However, many women still do not use modern contraception and the numbers of …

South Africa (SA) has progressive legislation enabling adolescents to access various sexual-
and reproductive-health services (SRH) independently, without consent from parents or …

South African schools are tasked with providing sexuality education through the Life
Orientation curriculum as a means of challenging continued high rates of HIV, unwanted …

This chapter gives an overview of children's living arrangements in South Africa, drawing
mainly on household surveys. It draws attention to the diversity of family forms and living …

Background. Prevention of both school dropout and teen pregnancy represent clear public
health priorities for South Africa, yet their complex and potentially cyclical relationship has …

Demography of South Africa's children on p. 102. Extended families can of course mitigate
the stresses of fragmented families: For instance, father figures need not be biological …

The relationship between teenage childbearing and school attainment is investigated using
nationally representative longitudinal data drawn from South Africa's National Income …

Given the extent of inequalities of higher education opportunities in many contexts, this
paper investigates how students from marginalized backgrounds make it to university …