A survey of teenage pregnant women and their male partners in the Grampianregion.

This paper describes on exploratory pilot study of the male partners of tee nagers presenting for either termination of pregnancy (TOP) or antenatal ca re (ANC). Seventy-five teenage pregnant women were recruited into the study and were asked to complete a questionnaire. The results suggest that the male partners tended to be older than their te enage partners. Teenage pregnant women presenting for termination of pregna ncy had statistically significant higher levels of education, compared to t hose presenting for antenatal care. An association was found between the wo men's decision to continue or not with the pregnancy and her chosen form of contraception. in the antenatal group, women tended to state that their ma le partner's indication of support had influenced their decision to continu e with the pregnancy In-depth research should be conducted our the male par tners of teenage pregnant women if effective sex education interventions ar e to be developed.