Percentage of adolescents who drop out of the education system as a result of pregnancy, parenthood or marriage.
Definition:
Ratio between the population aged under 20 years who dropped out of the education system due to pregnancy, parenthood or marriage and the total population aged under 20 who dropped out of school.
Note: The reference period depends on the source. It could also be a period without a particulates reference. Disaggregation by sex is essential. In order to estimate the proportion of school dropout attributable to these causes, it is suggested that the derivative indicator be calculated using as the denominator the population under 20 having dropped out of school. Again, disaggregation by sex is fundamental.
Type
Quantitative
Priority Measures
B.9 - Full and satisfying youth
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Invest in youth, through specific public policies and differentiated access, especially through the provision, without discrimination, of universal, free, public, secular, high-quality, intercultural education in order to ensure that this stage of life is full and satisfactory, to enable them to develop as autonomous individuals with a sense of responsibility and solidarity and with the ability to tackle creatively the challenges of the twenty-first century.
B.13 - Avoid dropping out of school
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Introduce or strengthen policies and programmes to prevent pregnant adolescents and young mothers from dropping out of school.
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