Attitudes of Rural and Urban Adolescent Girls toward Selected Concepts

1970 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriett K. Light
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Urban Adolescent ◽  
Urban Adolescent Girls

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of women empowerment awareness level of Adolescent Girls in rural and urban H.S. Schools of Assam

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 370-373
Author(s):  
SIKHA DUTTA
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Adolescent Girl ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Urban Adolescent ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Urban Adolescent Girls ◽  
Girl Students ◽  
Rural Adolescent ◽  
Awareness Level

The present study is undertake to find out the secondary level urban and rural adolescent girls awareness level on women empowerment. The sample of the study consist of 195 nos of both urban and rural area higher secondary (10+2) level adolescent girl student of kamrup district of Assam. the main objective of the study is to compare the awareness level of the urban and rural located adolescent girl students. The findings of the study reveals that rural adolescent girls are less empowered than urban adolescent girls and there is a significant difference between rural and urban adolescent girls' awareness level.

Freedom of Movement and Adolescent Sexual Violence in India

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052091858
Author(s):  
Anita Raj ◽  
Abhishek Singh ◽  
Jay G. Silverman ◽  
Nandita Bhan ◽  
Kathryn M. Barker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Restricted Movement ◽  
Freedom Of Movement ◽  
Urban Adolescent ◽  
Multivariable Regression ◽  
Urban Adolescent Girls ◽  
Nationally Representative

This study assesses associations between freedom of movement and sexual violence, both in marriage and outside of marriage, among a representative sample of adolescents in India. We analyzed data from girls aged 15 to 19 years ( n = 9,593) taken from India’s nationally representative National Family Health Survey 2015–2016. We defined freedom of movement using three items on whether girls could go unaccompanied to specified locations; we summated responses and categorized them as restricted, or unrestricted. We used multivariable regression to assess associations between restricted movement and nonmarital violence, and with marital sexual violence among ever-married girls. Results show that only 2% of girls reported nonmarital sexual violence, among married and unmarried girls; 6% of married girls reported marital sexual violence. Most girls (78%) reported some restriction in movement. Restricted movement was negatively associated with nonmarital sexual violence (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.52, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.31, 0.87], p = .01) but positively associated with marital sexual violence (AOR = 3.87, 95% CI = [1.82, 8.25], p < .001). Further analyses highlight that the observed association with nonmarital sexual violence was specific to urban and not rural girls. These findings reveal that approximately one in 30 adolescent girls in India has been a victim of sexual violence. Restricted movement is associated with lower risk for nonmarital sexual violence for urban adolescent girls, possibly due to lower exposure opportunity. Married girls with restricted movement have higher odds of marital sexual violence, possibly because these are both forms of control used by abusive husbands. Freedom of movement is a human right that should not place girls at greater risk for nonmarital violence or be used as a means of control by abusive spouses. Social change is needed to secure girls’ safety in India.

Self-Reported Physical Activity and Bone Mineral Density in Urban Adolescent Girls

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Stager ◽  
Raymond Harvey ◽  
Michelle Secic ◽  
Kelly Camlin-Shingler ◽  
Barbara Cromer
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Bone Mineral Density ◽  
Bone Mineral ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Mineral Density ◽  
Urban Adolescent ◽  
Urban Adolescent Girls
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