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Is the teen pregnancy rate rising or declining? Explain.
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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 |
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How do you calculate the pregnancy rate?
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Pregnancy rate is number of births plus number of terminated pregnancies / 1,000 (abort plus miscarry)
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What has been happening with teen birth rater (as opposed to pregnancy rate)? Explain.
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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) |
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What's happening to the age of marriage? Explain.
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Age of marriage increasing (average 25.3 yrs. In 2002)
Thus, teens parents more likely to be Unmarried (18% to unmarried teens |
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What are some of the racial trends associated with teen pregnancy?
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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% |