ABSTRACT
Na capital do estado de Alagoas, Maceió, 30,6% das mães são adolescentes. Objetivo: Estudar o fenômeno da gravidez na adolescência na favela Sururu de Capote, em Maceió. Método: Entrevistas semidirigidas com 80 gestantes com idade entre 10 e 19 anos e 11 meses. Resultados: Média de idade de 16,92 anos; média de filhos foi 1,63; e de idade na iniciação sexual 14,01 anos. O uso de anticoncepcional foi referido por 45% delas, sendo que 82,5% referiram conhecer os riscos de engravidar. Constatou-se que as gestantes cuja avó, mãe e alguma irmã apresentaram gravidez na adolescência apresentaram maior probabilidade de ter intenção de engravidar (p=0,005). Conclusão: A gestação na adolescência mostrou-se intimamente relacionada a aspectos sociais, com ênfase no status conferido pela maternidade, repetindo o ciclo já trilhado pelas mulheres da família(AU)
Introduction: In Maceió, the capital city of the State of Alagoas in Brazil, 30.6 percent of mothers are teenagers. Objective: To study the issue of teenage pregnancy in the Sururu de Capote slums, in Maceió. Method: Semi-scripted interviews with 80 pregnant women between 10 and 19 years, 11 months of age. Results: On the average, subjects were 16.92 years old; the average number of children per subject was 1.63; the average age at the first sexual encounter was 14.01. Forty-five percent of the subjects reported using contraceptive methods and 82.5 percent of the subjects reported knowing about the risk of becoming pregnant. It was found that pregnant women whose grandmothers, mothers or sisters were pregnant during their teenage years were more likely to want to become pregnant themselves (p=0.005). Conclusion: Teenage pregnancy has closely related to social facets to it, especially the coveted social status granted by motherhood, making these young women travel once again the road paved by their senior female relatives(AU)
