While stereotypes suggest that Black teenage girls are more likely to become pregnant than white teenage girls, the reality is that

a)  social class plays more of a factor in teen pregnancy than does race.
b)  Black teenage girls receive more sexual education than white girls.
c)  young women are getting pregnant at higher rates, regardless of race.
d)  white teens who get pregnant are more likely to marry than Black teens.


ANS: a

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