Discuss the problem faced by the adolescent population in India
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future. It constitutes one-fifth of the total population of India.
Problems faced by adolescents are:
a. Adolescents usually do not feel comfortable in the family or parties, because their thought process and likes usually do not match with the other people, neither with the children nor with the adults.
b. Due to hormonal changes they get problems such as pimples and other biological changes, they become comfortable with their sexuality and develop intimacy.
c. Adolescents usually start feeling insecure. Insecurity in adolescents arises sometimes because they are not able to cope with the pressure of high performance.
d. They face this problem of establishing their own identity.
e. Many of them get into drinking habits, become rebellious.
f. Peer pressure and pressure of making their own mark and achieve something.
g. A large number of adolescents girls suffer from anaemia.
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An important aspect of population growth in India is the growth of its adolescents. At present the share of adolescents i.e., up to the age group of 10-19 years is about 20.9 per cent (2011), among which male adolescents constitute 52.7 per cent and female adolescents constitute 47.3 per cent. The adolescent population, though, regarded as the youthful population having high potentials, but at the same time they are quite vulnerable if not guided and channelised properly. There are many challenges for the society as far as these adolescents are concerned, some of which are lower age at marriage, illiteracy - particularly female illiteracy, school dropouts, low intake of nutrients, high rate of maternal mortality of adolescent mothers, high rates of HIV/ AIDS infections, physical and mental disability or retardedness, drug abuse and alcoholism, juvenile delinquency and commitence of crimes, etc.