The Social Sciences

Year: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 10
Page No. 1471 - 1479

Unrelenting Teenage Pregnancies in South Africa: Is Falling Pregnant a Matter of Choice or an Accident?

Authors : N.R. Raselekoane, T.P. Mulaudzi, R. Chinyakata and L. Gwatimba

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