A recently-concluded Situation Analysis of Children and Women in Guyana found that one in every five Amerindian girls between ages 15 and 19 was a mother as was one in every four girls who lived in poor houses.
The analysis, carried out in 2015/2016, on the whole found that around 15% of girls between ages 15 and 19 had begun child bearing and prevalence is dependent on the area the girl lives, her ethnicity, and her poverty status.
On the latter point, it said while one in every
