Adolescent motherhood is a human drama, because it occurs among young people who have not completed their school cycle, they are poorly prepared physically, psychologically, economically, socially and culturally for motherhood. Many of the pregnancies are the product of undeclared violations or part of a cycle of intergenerational transmission and an extended cultural practice, particularly among the aboriginal groups.
This research was aimed at knowing the geographical distribution of adolescent mothers, their ages, educational level and the civil status of young women. Both documentary analysis and statistical data analysis techniques were used. The results indicate that there are more mothers in the county areas than in the cities, and that the highest frequency of births occurs between 15 to 19 year olds, the highest percentage are in middle-school and at least 72% of the mothers of 10 to 18 years are simply united, a fact that disguises the legal prohibition of marriage before the age of 18.
One of the recommendations to which the study points is that interventions should be focused at district, regional and district levels and define the way to impact the cultural aspects that are influencing adolescent motherhood.
