Risking the Future

Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing, Volume II: Working Papers and Statistical Appendices

Author: Hayes, Cheryl D.; Hofferth, Sandra L.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309077866
eISBN Pdf: 9780309372589
Place of publication: United States
Year of digital publication: 1987
Month: January
Pages: 533
Language: English

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More than 1 million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly half give birth. Why do these young people, who are hardly more than children themselves, become parents? The statistical appendices and working papers for the report Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing provide additional insight into the trends in and consequences of teenage sexual behavior.

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Foreword
Preface
Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing: An Emerging Research Focus
1 Factors Affecting Initiation of Sexual Intercourse
2 Adolescent Sexual Behavior As It Relates to Other Transition Behaviors in Youth
3 Contraceptive Decision-Making Among Adolescents
4 Teenage Pregnancy And Its Resolution
5 The Health and Medical Consequences of Adolescent Sexuality and Pregnancy: A Review of Literature
6 Social and Economic Consequences of Teenage Childbearing
7 Teenage Fatherhood
8 The Children of Teen Childbearers
9 The Effects of Programs and Policies on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing
10 Estimates of Public Costs for Teenage Childbearing: A Review of Recent Studies and Estimates of 1985 Public Costs
References
Statistical Appendix Trends in Adolescent Sexual and Fertility Behavior

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