Soc Work 597 Lecture 1

Front 1

Is the teen pregnancy rate rising or declining? Explain.

Back 1

Teen Pregnancy Rate Declining


Pregnancy rate is number of births plus number of terminated pregnancies / 1,000 (abort plus miscarry)
2002 - 75 pregnancies / 1,000 girls aged 15-19 (2005 projected to be 64 /1,000 teens)
1996 – 38% girls got pregnant in teens
2000 – 34% girls got pregnant in teens
2005 – projected 26% girls pregnant in teens
2015 – goal for only 17% girls to get pg in teens

Front 2

How do you calculate the pregnancy rate?

Back 2

Pregnancy rate is number of births plus number of terminated pregnancies / 1,000 (abort plus miscarry)

Front 3

What has been happening with teen birth rater (as opposed to pregnancy rate)? Explain.

Back 3

Teen Birth Rates


41 per 1,000 (2004) vs 62 per 1,000 (1991)
33% decline! Historic Lows! Lower #s too.
(in 1950 it was 82/1,000, 1960 it was 89/1,000)

Front 4

What's happening to the age of marriage? Explain.

Back 4

Age of marriage increasing (average 25.3 yrs. In 2002)
Thus, teens parents more likely to be Unmarried (18% to unmarried teens

Front 5

What are some of the racial trends associated with teen pregnancy?

Back 5

Racial Trends


Teen birth rates decreasing for all Race groups, but most quickly for Blacks


Comparing 1990 – 2003 rates, % decline:
Hispanics 105 down to 82 / 1,000 - 22%
Blacks 118 down to 65 / 1,000 – 45%
Whites 43 down to 28 / 1,000 – 35%