前言:許多青少女母親的男伴為成人，甚至是較高齡的成人，其特性及成因值得深入研究。目的:本文之目的在於探討匹配高齡和同年齡層男伴之青少女母親的特性及兩組間的差異。方法:於此社區為基礎之調查中，以1997年台中市全部162位初產青少年母親為對象，將之分為高齡男伴組(男伴年齡大於24歲)及同齡男伴組(男伴年齡≦24歲)，並於1998年7月至9月進行家訪，以結構化自填問卷調查兩組青少女母親及其男伴之人口社會學和彼此間關係的特性。結果:結果顯示;計有高齡組71位及同齡組87位共158位青少女母親完成問卷調查，總回率為97.5%。高齡組及同齡組青少女母親平均年齡分別為18.4±1.2及17.6±1.6 歲，而其男伴平均年齡分別為27.2±2.3及20.6±2.3歲。經由多重邏輯回歸統計分析顯示;男伴屬低教育程度，青少女原出生家庭之家庭障礙，經由工作認識男伴，及計畫性結婚為青少女母親有高齡男伴之顯著相關因素。結論:本文總結;青少女母親有高齡男伴有其特性和相關因素。吾人在從事該族群之預防策略和照顧上應有別於有同齡男伴之青少女母親。
Purpose:Many fathers of infants born to adolescent mothers are adults, even older adults. The purpose of this study is to determine the characteristics and difference in sociodemography and relationship between adolescent mothers paired with older partners and those paired with younger partners. Methods:In this cross-sectional survey, all 162 first-born adolescent mothers (≦19 years) in Taichung City in 1997 were divided into 2 groups: those paired with older partner (>24 years) and those with younger partners (≦24 years). The subjects filled out a self-administered structured questionnaire designed to obtain sociodemographic and relationship information about adolescent mothers and their partners. Adjusted odds ratios with 95% C.l. of individual variable for being adolescent mother-older partner pair were obtained by multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: One hundred fifty-eight subjects completed the questionnaire with a response rate of 97.5%. The average age of adolescent mother with older (n=71) and younger (n=87) partners was 18.4±1.2 and 17.6±1.6 years, respectively, whereas the average age of the male partners was 27.2±2.3 and 20.6±2.3 years, respectively. Multiple logistic regression revealed that a lack of appropriate eduction of male partners, dysfunction in family of origin of adolescent mothers, becoming acquainted at work, and the desire to get married were risk factors for adolescent mothers paired with older partners. Conclusion: The risk factors and type of support help for adolescent mothers paired with older partners could be different from those needed by those paired with with younger male partners.
