Research has examined how involved the parents of adolescent girls are in their daughters’ education and the relationship between this involvement and the girls’ use of contraceptives. This research suggests that the more involved the parents are,

a. the more likely the girls are to get pregnant, because they resent their parents’ involvement
b. the less likely the girls are to use contraceptives, because of peer pressure to have unprotected sex
c. the less likely the girls are to discuss contraceptive use with their boyfriends
d. the more likely the girls are to use contraceptives


Ans: D

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