Bel422 present

BEL422TOPIC:BABY DUMPING

PREPARED FOR:Mdm. Anna Lee

Prepared by:Norshila bt. JayaNur Izzati bt. Mior Muhammad NajibIra Genevieve Cynthia UnsieNur Aisyah bt. Mahbob

INTRODUCTIONThe issue of baby-dumping had been increased day

by day. We can see that baby-dumping is happened rampantly because almost every day and happened to be the headline in the newspapers. This social ill have opened many eyes and pricked the national conscience.

On the other hand, public has expressed their personal opinions in respond to the factors of baby dumping phenomenon. Some of them have blamed the over abundance and accessibility of pornography today. In solving this social problem, the society must hold a great responsibility to find the solutions and not to point fingers blaming others. The society need to look into the mirror first before judging the baby-dumping is absolute the doer’s fault.

OBJECTIVES

• To study the reasons for the increasing rate of baby-dumping cases.

• To find the solutions to combat baby-dumping issue among youngster.

• To study the public opinion on the issue of baby dumping cases in Malaysia.

Methodology

– Klang Valley– Forty respondents from different background– Section A elicited information on the

demographic profile of the respondents– Section B elicited data regarding people’s

perception about baby dumping issue– Section C aimed to gather information on

factors that may contribute to the rise of baby dumping cases

– Section D elicited data regarding the public opinion about the solution of the problem

Subjects• Conduction a survey on growing social problem of baby

dumping, done around Klang Valley area. 40 respondents has participated in the survey

Instrumentation• Questionnaire with consist of four sections to gather the data

on the level of awareness among Malaysian society.

Data Collection• 40 sets of questionnaires were distributed to the respondents

who stayed around Klang Valley area. The respondents were chosen randomly and instructed to complete the questionnaire.

Data Analysis• Data obtained from the questionnaire survey were collected

and analyzed. Frequency counts and percentages of the quantifiable data were computerized and converted into charts.

FINDINGS

8%

23%

10%

14%

14%

5%

12%

3%3%

6% 2%

FIGURE 3.1 FACTORS INFLUENCE BABY DUMPING

Financial problems

Lack of religious education

Peer influence

Unwanted pregnancy

Lack of parental guidance and support

Pressure from society

Unmarried status

Pressure from parents

Pressure from the baby’s fa-ther

Shame of pre-marital pregnancy

Emotional instability e.g post-natal depression

37%

22%

22%

4%

16%

FIGURE 3.2 The reasons to punish wrong doer of baby dumping

Baby dumping is a heinous crime and equivalent to committing a murder

Punishment is always a good lesson for others not to commit the same crime

It helps to create awareness on this serious issue

It creates fear and subse-quently prevents baby dump-ing

The perpetrator should be li-able for her/his wrong doings

05

1015202530

23% 25%28%

18%

6%

FIGURE 3.3 Action can be taken against the perpetrators of baby dumping

ACTION

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MB

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PO

ND

EN

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Low 5%Normal 2.5%

Alarming 20%

Serious 50%

Disastrous 22.5%LowNormalAlarmingSeriousDisastrous

Figure 3.4 Public Opinion on Baby Dumping Cases in Malaysia Today

Figure 3.5: People who dump the Baby Should be Punished

Disagree 2.5%

Agree 95.0%

Not Sure 2.5%

DisagreeAgreeNot Sure

Always Often Sometimes Hardly Never0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

10

12

21

0

23

1 10

3

1 10 00

3

0 0 0

FIGURE 3.6 LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF PUBLIC TOWARD BABY DUMPING CASES

TROUGH MEDIA

19-25 years old

26-30 years old

31-40 years old

41 years old and above

FREQUENCY

NU

MB

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OF

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SP

ON

DE

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A(19-25 years old)

B(26-30 years old)

C(31-40 years old)

D(40- above)

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16 15

43

2

7

21

3

1 1 10

FIGURE 3.7 SEX EDUCATION COULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF BABY DUMP-

ING CASES

AgreePartially agreeDisagree

AGE GROUP

NU

MB

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PO

ND

EN

T

Illiterate Primary Education

Secondary Education

Tertiary Education

0

10

20

30

40

50

12.5 15

47.5

25

Figure 3.8: Public Opinion on Baby Dumping Issue According to Education

Level

Level of Education

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13%

33%48%

8%

Figure 3.9: Public Opinion on Baby Dumping Issue According to Income

Level

Hard Core PoorLow IncomeAverage IncomeHigh Income

CONCLUSION

• 4.1It can be concluded that the three main reasons for the rising of baby dumping cases are due to lack of religion education, unwanted pregnancy and lastly lack of parents’ guidance and support.

• 4.2 It can be summarized that publics prefer to send the wrongdoer to prison if found guilty in order to curb the problem.

• 4.3 From the findings, it can be concluded publics believed that baby dumping issue is a serious phenomena happened in Malaysia.

RECOMMENDATIONS

• 5.1 It is recommended that government should come out with several new policies and campaign that may help to reduce the rising of baby dumping cases.

• 5.2 It is recommended that parents should give more attention to their children in order to monitor their social life to avoid their children doing sex before marriage.

• 5.3 It is recommended that the government can also restructure the syllabus in particular subjects such as Pendidikan Islam and Pendidikan Moral in order to create awareness and highlighted the consequences of social problems like free sex and baby dumping.