Teen Pregnancy…So what?

05/04/2001


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Teen Pregnancy… So what?

Four in ten girls get pregnant at least once before age 20.

We’re number one…unfortunately

The consequences of teen motherhood are many:

Risks to children of teen mothers

Only 32 percent of teen mothers get their high school diploma

The children of teen mothers are at greater risk of abuse and neglect

Taxpayers spend about $6.9 billion ($2,831 per teen parent) on teen childbearing

Nearly 1 million teen pregnancies occurred in 1996. To put it another way, more than 100 U.S. teens become pregnant each hour. Forty percent of these pregnancies were to girls under age 18, and 60 percent were to girls aged 18-19.

Teen pregnancy rates, girls aged 15-19 (pregnancies per 1,000 girls)

Teen pregnancy rates, racial/ethnic subgroups (number of pregnancies per 1,000 girls aged 15-19)

Each year, half a million teens give birth

55 teen girls give birth each hour

State teen pregnancy rates, 1996 (pregnancies per 1,000 girls aged 15-19)

Changes in teen pregnancy rates, 1992-96 (pregnancies per 1,000 girls aged 15-19)

Number of teen births, 1999*

Teen birth rates, girls aged 15-19 (number of births per 1,000 girls)

Teen birth rates by race/ethnicity, girls aged 15-19 (number of births per 1,000 girls)

State teen birth rates, 1998 (births per 1,000 girls aged 15-19)

Changes in teen birth rates, 1991-98 (births per 1,000 girls aged 15-19)

Number of teen births by birth order, 1999* (births to girls aged 15-19)

Proportion of teen births to unmarried teens, 1999* (births to teens aged 15-19)

Author: isanden

Email: tbs105@psu.edu

Home Page: http://fipa.aers.psu.edu/

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