What are the factors that influence the rates of teenage pregnancy in the United States?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- Factors that explain the decline in the birth rate for United States teenagers
- Increased awareness of risks of unprotected sex
- Rates of sexual intercourse by teenagers has declined
- Use of condoms and contraceptives has increased
- Substitutes for intercourse may be more prevalent
- Rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States is 2 to 10 times higher compared to other industrialized countries.
- Consequences for teenage mothers
- Less likely to be married
- More likely to have sole care for the child
- Without emotional and financial help, must abandon education, which perpetuates low-paying careers and long-term dependency on welfare
- Physical and mental health may suffer
- Unrelenting stress and demands that teenage mother may not be equipped to handle
- Consequences for children of teenage mothers
- Poorer health
- Poorer school performance
- More likely to become teenage parents themselves
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What will be an ideal response?
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