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Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month

Although the rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States has declined greatly within the past few years, it is still an enormous problem that needs to be addressed. Recent statistics concerning the teen birthrates are alarming. Aboutteenage Pregnanvy give birth each year. Almost one-sixth of all births in the United States are to eenage women are to teenage women.

Teen Pregnancy as a social problem (2 SEPARATE ASSIGNMENTS)

Eight in ten of these births resulted from unintended pregnancies. Gormly By the age of eighteen, one out of four teenage girls will have become pregnant. Newman Although the onset of pregnancy may occur in any teenager, some teens are at higher risk for unplanned pregnancy than others.

Teenagers who become sexually active at an earlier age are at a greater risk primarily because young teenagers are less likely to use birthcontrol. African-American and Hipic teenagers are twice as likely to give birth as are white teenagers. Whites are more likely to have abortions. Teeh who come from poor neighborhoods and attend segregated schools are at a high risk for pregnancy.

Also, teenagers who are doing poorly in school and have few plans for the future are more likely to become parents than those who are doing well and have high educationsl and occupational expectations. Although the rate of teenage pregnancy is higher among low- income African-Americans and Hipics, especially those in inner city ghettoes, the number of births to teenagers is highest among white, nonpoor young women who live in mall cities and towns.

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Calhoun In addition to the question of which teenagers become pregnant, interest is shown in the social consequences of early parenthood. Adolescents with little schooling are often twice as likely as those with more education to have a baby bafore their twentieth birthday.

Tunick 11 Teens who become pregnant during high school are more likely to drop out. Calhoun A teen mother leaves school because she cannot manage the task of caring for a baby and studying, and a teen father usually chooses a job over school so that he can pay bills and provide for his child.

Planned Parenthood 1 Because of this, teen mothers are generally poor and are dependent on government support. Newman The welfare system is usually the only support a teen parent will receive.]