1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The objective of this study is to improve our understanding of adolescent pregnancy among Inuit women in Nunavik by (1) assessing the distribution of attitudes toward pregnancy; (2) determining the sociodemographic, psychosocial, sociocultural, and behavioural factors that are associated with those linked with high pregnancy likelihood attitudes (HPLA; indifferent, favourable, and ambivalent); and (3) if perceived benefits of childbearing is significantly associated to HPLA, determining which have a unique contribution.» (p. 3)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«Data for the current study were drawn from the Nunavik Inuit Health Survey Qanuilirpitaa? 2017. Conducted in the 14 communities of Nunavik, this population health survey aimed to provide an up-to-date portrait of the health status of Nunavimmiut and was designed to be representative of the population aged 16 and over.» (p. 3) «Out of 1,326 Nunavimmiut who participated in the survey, 172 women aged 16 to 20 years were recruited, and 159 of them answered two questions on attitudes toward pregnancy.» (p. 4)

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«Results indicated that a large majority of women showed attitudes that are most likely to lead to pregnancy, especially ambivalence. Among considered factors in multivariate analysis, only perceiving benefits of childbearing was associated with attitude-enhancing pregnancy likelihood, and among these benefits, perceiving that having a baby would make the relationship with the other parent stronger and that it would help to obtain a house are individually associated with HPLA.» (p. 6-7) Also, «[b]ivariate results indicated that HPLA group is more likely to work, to report less frequent positive interactions with friends and family, and to show a higher score on the BOC [benefits of childbearing] scale compared to the other group. Results from multivariate analysis confirmed that perceiving many benefits of childbearing was related with high pregnancy likelihood attitudes, even after controlling for past pregnancy, which 41% of participating women had experienced.» (p. 7)