Greta Mitchell is a nurse in an urban high school who has a significant number of pregnant girls attending her school. Greta is extremely concerned with the problems related to teen pregnancy. These include all of the following except
1. Children of teen parents tend to score lower on IQ tests and have more problems in school.
2. Health risks to the infant during pregnancy (e.g., prematurity and low birth weight) are greater in teens.
3. Teen mothers are less likely to finish high school and more likely to have low incomes and be welfare dependent.
4. Teen pregnancy appears to contribute to increases in substance use and abuse.
ANS: 4
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