1. Introduction.

2. Adolescents and adolescence: a concept note.

3. Research design and methodology.

4. Labour force participation of adolescent girls.

5. Reproductive health issues.

6. Sex abuse and its effect.

7. Awareness of planned and safe motherhood.

8. Nutritional status of adolescent girls.

9. Adolescent girls and quality of life.

10. Opportunities and deprivation a gender based issues.

11. Social status, social mobility and family disorganisation of adolescent girls.

12. Recommendations.

References. Index.

"The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development emphasizes on dissemination of information and services to adolescents which would protect them from unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. The special needs of adolescents in the area of reproductive health have been well recognized.

Motherhood at adolescence age exposes millions of girls to the risks of maternal death, reproductive health hazards and various nutritional complicacies. Significant section of adolescent girls worldwide are forced to go for unsafe abortions every (less)

Introduction. 2.

Socio-economic background of adolescent girls. 3.

Concept of family education. 4.

Projection of a new girl. 5.

Changing face of the family. 6.

Status of adolescent girls in society. Bibliography.

Appendices. Index.

"This book covers vary emphatically the process of growing from child hood to adolescence and finally to maturity and certain biological, emotional and social aspects of the adolescent's personality and keeping this in mind, the author has aptly focused on the specified objectives of eliciting the views of the adolescents on their life style, their opinion differences in relations to their socio-economic status and also to try and pin point the differences among the working and non-working back grounds in today's context. The study reveals that furthering education to a post graduate level, to be ready for employment for some measure of economic independence, and to be able to choose one's life partner sensibly, would be important in (less)