“…As a result, the majority (75%) of married teenage pregnancies are planned [ 1 , 17 ]. Employment status [ 6 , 9 , 18 , 19 ], poverty [ 2 , 6 , 14 , 20 – 22 ], marital status [ 9 , 12 , 18 , 23 ], type of occupation [ 12 , 21 ], culture [ 9 , 11 ], peer pressure [ 11 , 20 , 22 , 24 ], early marriage [ 25 ], forced marriage [ 20 ], rape [ 26 ], and the need for a dowry [ 20 ] were factors associated with teenage pregnancy in recorded literature.…”