Overview

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. Table of Contents Front Matter Contents 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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Author:   National Research Council ,  Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ,  Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ,  Panel on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing
Publisher:   National Academies Press
Imprint:   National Academies Press
ISBN:  

9780309077866

ISBN 10:   0309077869
Pages:   542
Publication Date:   01 February 1987
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Contents; 3 Foreword; 4 Preface; 5 Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing: An Emerging Research Focus; 6 1 Factors Affecting Initiation of Sexual Intercourse; 7 2 Adolescent Sexual Behavior As It Relates to Other Transition Behaviors in Youth; 8 3 Contraceptive Decision-Making Among Adolescents; 9 4 Teenage Pregnancy And Its Resolution; 10 5 The Health and Medical Consequences of Adolescent Sexuality and Pregnancy: A Review of Literature; 11 6 Social and Economic Consequences of Teenage Childbearing; 12 7 Teenage Fatherhood; 13 8 The Children of Teen Childbearers; 14 9 The Effects of Programs and Policies on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing; 15 10 Estimates of Public Costs for Teenage Childbearing: A Review of Recent Studies and Estimates of 1985 Public Costs; 16 References; 17 Statistical Appendix Trends in Adolescent Sexual and Fertility Behavior

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Sandra L. Hofferth and Cheryl D. Hayes, Editors; Panel on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing, National Research Council

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