{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2587589144","doi":null,"title":"An exploratory study of experiences of parenting among a group of school-going adolescent mothers in a South African township","display_name":"An exploratory study of experiences of parenting among a group of school-going adolescent mothers in a South African township","publication_year":2010,"publication_date":"2010-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2587589144","mag":"2587589144"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/1750","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1750","pdf_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1750","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401169","display_name":"University of the Western Cape Electronic Theses and Dissertations Repository (University of the Western Cape)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I869660684","host_organization_name":"University of the Western Cape","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I869660684"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},"volume":null,"type":"dissertation","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1750","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5039606697","display_name":"Sisa Ngabaza","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4137-9566","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4137-9566"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Sisa Ngabaza","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4137-9566","affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5039606697"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":6,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10327","display_name":"Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health","score":0.9761000275611877,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10327","display_name":"Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health","score":0.9761000275611877,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10585","display_name":"Family Dynamics and Relationships","score":0.00559999980032444,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3317","display_name":"Demography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12714","display_name":"Youth Education and Societal Dynamics","score":0.004699999932199717,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/teenage-motherhood","display_name":"adolescent motherhood","score":0.7900000214576721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/teenage-pregnancy","display_name":"adolescent pregnancy","score":0.871999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/parental-experiences","display_name":"parental experiences","score":0.5410000085830688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/child-care","display_name":"child care","score":0.5550000071525574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/gendered-care-work","display_name":"gender and care work","score":0.9160000085830688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/khayelitsha","display_name":"Khayelitsha","score":0.968999981880188}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.5022842884063721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781311116","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83306","display_name":"Group (periodic table)","level":2,"score":0.4997062683105469},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138496976","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175002","display_name":"Developmental psychology","level":1,"score":0.47998782992362976},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C85973986","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1091731","display_name":"Exploratory research","level":2,"score":0.46679410338401794},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.4157017469406128},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107993555","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1662673","display_name":"Gender studies","level":1,"score":0.3805440068244934},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.2687057852745056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19165224","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23404","display_name":"Anthropology","level":1,"score":0.10762271285057068},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0804300308227539},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/1750","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1750","pdf_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1750","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401169","display_name":"University of the Western Cape Electronic Theses and Dissertations Repository (University of the Western Cape)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I869660684","host_organization_name":"University of the Western Cape","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I869660684"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},{"id":"mag:2587589144","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://etd.uwc.ac.za/xmlui/bitstream/11394/1750/1/Ngabaza_PHD_2010.pdf","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/1750","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1750","pdf_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1750","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401169","display_name":"University of the Western Cape Electronic Theses and Dissertations Repository (University of the Western Cape)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I869660684","host_organization_name":"University of the Western Cape","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I869660684"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/5","display_name":"Gender equality","score":0.7307999730110168},{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality education","score":0.6164000034332275},{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","display_name":"Good health and well-being","score":0.504800021648407}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2587589144.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2587589144.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":169,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W9503786","https://openalex.org/W40158568","https://openalex.org/W42193235","https://openalex.org/W44855845","https://openalex.org/W93051666","https://openalex.org/W108728874","https://openalex.org/W130246969","https://openalex.org/W151332801","https://openalex.org/W155612653","https://openalex.org/W167979826","https://openalex.org/W191365803","https://openalex.org/W194492560","https://openalex.org/W266957799","https://openalex.org/W359276741","https://openalex.org/W386199358","https://openalex.org/W404138753","https://openalex.org/W619005774","https://openalex.org/W622574439","https://openalex.org/W623524880","https://openalex.org/W632387178","https://openalex.org/W641240381","https://openalex.org/W1208608215","https://openalex.org/W1481652662","https://openalex.org/W1487890730","https://openalex.org/W1493808027","https://openalex.org/W1515587369","https://openalex.org/W1529997947","https://openalex.org/W1540394161","https://openalex.org/W1555949335","https://openalex.org/W1566447278","https://openalex.org/W1567379633","https://openalex.org/W1582770597","https://openalex.org/W1583664752","https://openalex.org/W1585393819","https://openalex.org/W1593028642","https://openalex.org/W1594394742","https://openalex.org/W1595259973","https://openalex.org/W1598764382","https://openalex.org/W1602672075","https://openalex.org/W1617098164","https://openalex.org/W1670320386","https://openalex.org/W1689638474","https://openalex.org/W1699247647","https://openalex.org/W1714723801","https://openalex.org/W1727094517","https://openalex.org/W1751769270","https://openalex.org/W1761881096","https://openalex.org/W1779526954","https://openalex.org/W1872080800","https://openalex.org/W1957539162","https://openalex.org/W1967168215","https://openalex.org/W1967266879","https://openalex.org/W1968703388","https://openalex.org/W1972723048","https://openalex.org/W1974054025","https://openalex.org/W1976171407","https://openalex.org/W1979609140","https://openalex.org/W1982655369","https://openalex.org/W1983298711","https://openalex.org/W1987844981","https://openalex.org/W1990007370","https://openalex.org/W1990836410","https://openalex.org/W1993997219","https://openalex.org/W1996221928","https://openalex.org/W1998655484","https://openalex.org/W1999370615","https://openalex.org/W2000884793","https://openalex.org/W2004086141","https://openalex.org/W2005972351","https://openalex.org/W2007712571","https://openalex.org/W2008753803","https://openalex.org/W2010019086","https://openalex.org/W2011243132","https://openalex.org/W2011311909","https://openalex.org/W2015114186","https://openalex.org/W2017171384","https://openalex.org/W2018877997","https://openalex.org/W2019311103","https://openalex.org/W2021113525","https://openalex.org/W2021807666","https://openalex.org/W2023116690","https://openalex.org/W2025538521","https://openalex.org/W2025857060","https://openalex.org/W2030083927","https://openalex.org/W2031765993","https://openalex.org/W2031986606","https://openalex.org/W2032504976","https://openalex.org/W2033045101","https://openalex.org/W2033952602","https://openalex.org/W2036718398","https://openalex.org/W2037437627","https://openalex.org/W2038278685","https://openalex.org/W2047360754","https://openalex.org/W2049139120","https://openalex.org/W2052396014","https://openalex.org/W2057825753","https://openalex.org/W2065639969","https://openalex.org/W2068500487","https://openalex.org/W2071756378","https://openalex.org/W2076011416","https://openalex.org/W2077392412","https://openalex.org/W2078951152","https://openalex.org/W2080440027","https://openalex.org/W2082385864","https://openalex.org/W2083161435","https://openalex.org/W2084367540","https://openalex.org/W2084401726","https://openalex.org/W2085875141","https://openalex.org/W2089807955","https://openalex.org/W2090183812","https://openalex.org/W2091233032","https://openalex.org/W2092049360","https://openalex.org/W2092554650","https://openalex.org/W2098773554","https://openalex.org/W2099639842","https://openalex.org/W2099926618","https://openalex.org/W2101248250","https://openalex.org/W2110718181","https://openalex.org/W2111428335","https://openalex.org/W2114463352","https://openalex.org/W2119215896","https://openalex.org/W2119256515","https://openalex.org/W2119403378","https://openalex.org/W2122848636","https://openalex.org/W2123930448","https://openalex.org/W2124132553","https://openalex.org/W2124723410","https://openalex.org/W2131680985","https://openalex.org/W2143251982","https://openalex.org/W2144185246","https://openalex.org/W2150279793","https://openalex.org/W2152904798","https://openalex.org/W2155799700","https://openalex.org/W2157522378","https://openalex.org/W2157525610","https://openalex.org/W2158001611","https://openalex.org/W2163266413","https://openalex.org/W2163440305","https://openalex.org/W2166273669","https://openalex.org/W2168699389","https://openalex.org/W2168882533","https://openalex.org/W2170080889","https://openalex.org/W2171518496","https://openalex.org/W2183694828","https://openalex.org/W2217860768","https://openalex.org/W2254272419","https://openalex.org/W2275692972","https://openalex.org/W2282259536","https://openalex.org/W2296466598","https://openalex.org/W2321546781","https://openalex.org/W2333799749","https://openalex.org/W2411774331","https://openalex.org/W2414940497","https://openalex.org/W2418622676","https://openalex.org/W2422209907","https://openalex.org/W2465876391","https://openalex.org/W2468662505","https://openalex.org/W2493646855","https://openalex.org/W2798669867","https://openalex.org/W2895434470","https://openalex.org/W2923039339","https://openalex.org/W2970104881","https://openalex.org/W3134725401","https://openalex.org/W3139350977","https://openalex.org/W3216043304","https://openalex.org/W4214811030","https://openalex.org/W4231433775","https://openalex.org/W4238595976","https://openalex.org/W4256046155"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1571125894","https://openalex.org/W4413002696","https://openalex.org/W7100358328","https://openalex.org/W2045036289","https://openalex.org/W2330001082","https://openalex.org/W2587716852","https://openalex.org/W2163440305","https://openalex.org/W64160325","https://openalex.org/W2204188414","https://openalex.org/W2938325511"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Adolescent":[0],"pregnancy":[1,60],"and":[2,49,121,136,182,199,211,239,253],"motherhood":[3,180,198],"have":[4,85],"been":[5,86],"given":[6],"considerable":[7],"attention":[8],"in":[9,61,88,115,143,193,243,268,298],"the":[10,23,32,40,50,75,153,176,214,220,224,230,247,277,287,295,305],"South":[11,41],"African":[12,42],"education":[13,66],"system.Before":[14],"1994":[15],"pregnant":[16,78,83,99,301],"adolescents":[17],"were":[18,160,166,202,234,262,274],"expelled":[19],"from":[20,80,139,304],"school":[21,252],"(as":[22],"policy":[24,55],"then":[25],"stipulated)":[26],"until":[27],"they":[28],"delivered":[29],"their":[30,119,125],"babies.With":[31],"adoption":[33],"of":[34,47,52,58,77,92,98,111,185,188,209,213,217,251,259,289],"new":[35],"national":[36],"legislation,":[37],"current":[38],"policies,":[39],"Schools":[43],"Act":[44],"no":[45],"84":[46],"1996,":[48],"Department":[51,288],"Education":[53,290],"2007":[54],"on":[56,118],"management":[57,97],"learner":[59],"schools":[62,142,233],"emphasise":[63],"that":[64,95,165,175,245,270,286,300,309,317],"equal":[65],"must":[67],"be":[68],"provided":[69],"for":[70,265],"all":[71,294],"learners,":[72],"thus":[73],"abolishing":[74],"exclusion":[76],"learners":[79,84,100,302],"mainstream":[81],"education.Although":[82],"retained":[87],"schools,":[89],"a":[90,148,169,257],"handful":[91],"studies":[93],"reveal":[94],"schools\"":[96],"is":[101,307,322],"fraught":[102],"with":[103,227,293,319],"inconsistencies.This":[104],"study":[105,154,284],"explored":[106],"adolescent":[107,260,282,320],"girls\"":[108],"subjective":[109],"experiences":[110],"being":[112],"young":[113,130,177,195,225,248],"mothers":[114,132,178,196,226,261,321],"school,":[116],"focusing":[117],"personal":[120],"interpersonal":[122],"relationships":[123],"within":[124,147,168],"social":[126,150],"contexts.Participants":[127],"included":[128],"15":[129],"black":[131],"aged":[133],"between":[134],"16":[135],"19":[137],"years":[138],"three":[140],"high":[141],"Khayelitsha,":[144],"Cape":[145],"Town.Conducted":[146],"feminist":[149],"constructionist":[151],"framework,":[152],"adopted":[155],"an":[156],"exploratory":[157],"qualitative":[158],"structure.Data":[159],"collected":[161],"through":[162],"life":[163],"histories":[164],"analysed":[167],"thematic":[170],"narrative":[171],"framework.The":[172],"narratives":[173],"revealed":[174],"found":[179],"challenging":[181],"overly":[183],"disruptive":[184],"school.Although":[186],"contexts":[187],"childcare":[189,228],"emerged":[190],"as":[191,205,237],"pivotal":[192],"how":[194],"balanced":[197],"schoolwork,":[200],"these":[201],"also":[203,235],"presented":[204],"characterised":[206],"by":[207,241,276],"notions":[208],"power":[210],"control.Because":[212],"gendered":[215],"nature":[216],"care":[218],"work,":[219],"women":[221],"who":[222],"supported":[223],"dominated":[229],"mothering":[231],"spheres.The":[232],"experienced":[236],"controlled":[238],"regulated":[240],"authorities":[242],"ways":[244],"constrained":[246],"mothers\"":[249],"balancing":[250],"parenting.Equally":[254],"constraining":[255],"to":[256,281,313],"number":[258],"structural":[263],"challenges,":[264],"example,":[266],"parenting":[267],"spaces":[269],"lacked":[271],"resources.These":[272],"challenges":[273],"compounded":[275],"immense":[278],"stigma":[279],"attached":[280],"motherhood.The":[283],"recommended":[285],"work":[291],"closely":[292],"parties":[296],"concerned":[297],"ensuring":[299],"benefit":[303],"policy.It":[306],"necessary":[308],"educators":[310],"are":[311],"encouraged":[312],"shift":[314],"attitudes":[315],"so":[316],"communication":[318],"improved.":[323]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-05T12:25:35.769452","created_date":"2017-02-17T00:00:00"}