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Table 3 Themes and Sub-themes

From: Pregnant adolescents’ lived experiences and coping strategies in peri-urban district in Southern Ghana

Themes

Sub-themes

1. How adolescents got pregnant

Consensual sex

Sexual abuse

Transactional sex

2. Experiences of pregnant adolescents

Psycho-social challenges

Financial challenges

Health challenges

Stopped schooling

3. Coping strategies

Support from social network

Avoidance of people

Dependence on God and prayer