The Relationship Between Family Life and Young People's Lifestyles
This paper explores the impact of family life and structure on educational, social, and health outcomes for adolescents.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • April 01, 1996

Single Lone Mothers
This paper discusses the nature, experiences, and outcomes of lone motherhood.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • October 01, 1995

A Cross-Cohort Examination of Nonmarital Teenage Childbearing
This paper examines the factors that contribute to the differences in teenage sexual activity and childbearing.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • October 2002

“Abstinence” or “Comprehensive” Sex Education
This paper refutes the methodology and conclusion of a Mathematica Policy Research study that followed up on teens that participated in one of four abstinence education programs and found that they were no more likely to abstain from sexual active than teens who did not participate.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Institute for Research and Evaluation • June 8, 2007

Teenage Childbearing
This paper looks at the increasing rates of teenage pregnancies in the US and explores the effect that this trend has on adolescent girls and their infants.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Future of Children • 1992

Watching Sex on Television Predicts Adolescent Initiation of Sexual Behavior
The study examines the connection between viewing sexual content on TV and early sexual initiations among adolescents.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• American Academy of Pediatrics • September 1, 2004

Teen Childbearing in America's Largest Cities
This paper examines changes to teenage childbearing patterns in the fifty largest cities in the United States from 1991 to 1996.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation • 1999

Teens and Their Parents in the 21st Century: An Examination of Trends in Teen Behavior and the Role of Parental Involvement
This report examined the link between teen behavioural outcomes and parental involvement.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Council of Economic Advisers, Washington, DC • May 2, 2000

How Children Are Doing: The Mismatch between Public Perception and Statistical Reality
This study demonstrates that many Americans have innaccurate perceptions of child well being, and are unaware of the progress that has been made in improving children's circumstances.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Child Trends • July 01, 2003

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2005
This report uses 25 indicators of child well-being to examine the economic well-being, health, behaviour, social environment and education of American children.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics • July 2005

Learning, Family Formation and Dissolution
This paper examines the role of education in the formation and dissolution of marriages, cohabiting relationships and childbearing and discusses topics such as the relationship between extended education and late childbearing as well as the relationship between educational study and divorce.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning • June 2002

African American Adolescent Girls in Impoverished Communities: Quality of Parenting and Adolescent Outcomes
This paper discusses the effect of parenting style and parental involvement on the behaviour, educational achievement, employment, sexual activity and pregnancy history of young black girls living in poverty.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Joint Center for Poverty Research • June 14, 1999

Welfare Reform, Fertility, and Father Involvement
This article examines the unique role that fathers play in their children's lives, and demonstrates that public policies have considerable influence on childbearing patterns and a father's involvement with his children.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Future of Children • 2002

Teen Pregnancy: An American Dilemma
This paper outlines the increasing problem of teenage pregnancy in America and suggests that its root causes are increased sexual activity at an earlier age, changing attitudes of young people towards premarital sex, and the attitudes of parents towards sex and marriage.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Marriage Project • July 16, 1998

Risk and Childhood
This report evaluates the social, emotional, physical and financial risks that face children today and examines how those risks are managed by adults and institutions.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Risk Commission, The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce • 2007

Teenage Childbearing and Its Life Cycle Consequences: Exploiting a Natural Experiment
This study compares the outcomes of teenage mothers to those who became pregnant as teenagers, miscarried, and delayed childbearing until adulthood.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • August 1999

Facts at a Glance: A Fact Sheet Reporting National, State-level, and City-level Trends in Teen Childbearing
This statistical compilation provides data on teen birth rates by state and major city, including number of pregnancies to teen mothers.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Child Trends • June 2007

Social Backgrounds and Post-Birth Experiences of Young Parents
This paper examines the social, economic and educational backgrounds of adolescents who become parents, as well as their experiences of parenthood, marriage, and cohabitation later in life.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • July 01, 1995

Fast Facts - Unplanned Pregnancy: Key data
This document provides general information about prevelance of teen pregnancy and the attitutdes towards it in the United States.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and Unplanned Pregnancy • May 2008

Science Says: The Sexual Behaviour of Young Adolescents
This fact sheet provides information about the sexual activities and attitudes of young people aged fourteen and under.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • September 01, 2003

Pregnancy Outcomes 2005
This paper provides data on pregnancy, abortion and fetal loss for Canadian women in 2005, and examines trends for the previous ten years.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Statistics Canada • October 2008

Teens Births: Examining the Recent Increase
This brief examines the recent increase in teen pregnancy in the United States and examines various explanations that may account for this increase.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, Child Trends • October 2008

Parent Power: What Parents Need to Know and Do to Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy
This article highlights how influential parents can be in preventing teen pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; sponsored by Johnson and Johnson Baby Products Co • September 30, 2003

Emergency Contraception: Women's Health Policy Facts
This fact sheet provides information on how emergency contraceptives work, what women know about them, how accessible they are to women and how health care providers deliver them.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Kaiser Family Foundation • November 2005

U.S. Teen Sexual Activity Fact Sheet
This fact sheet on teen sexual activity lists statistics on teens' first sexual intercourse, use of contraception, pregnancy rates, rates of sexually transmitted diseases and rates of abstinence.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Kaiser Family Foundation • January 2005

What Helps in Providing Contraceptive Services for Teens
This report provides an evaluation of teen clinics aimed at reducing teen pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy • November 2007

Science Says: Effective and Promising Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs for Latino Youth
This paper provides a statistical overview of Latino Teen pregnancy in the United States as well as a list of effective teen pregnancy prevention programs.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • July 2007

Teen Births: Examining the Recent Increase
This study examines the first increase in the U.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, Child Trends • October 2008

The Sexual Activity and Birth Control Use of American Teenagers
This paper examines trends in the sexual activity, contraceptive use, and rates of pregnancy, births and abortions of teenage girls.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • February 25, 2000

Ten Tips for Parents to Help Their Children Avoid Teen Pregnancy
This article emphasizes the role parents can have in helping their teens prevent an unplanned pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy • 2007

Voices Heard: Latino Adults and Teens Speak Up About Teen Pregnancy. A National Survey of Latinos
This survey provides an overview of Latino adolescents' attitudes towards sex compared to their parents.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • March 2007

No Time to Waste: Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy Among Middle School-Aged Youth
This paper reviews various successful and unsuccessful sex and sexually transmitted disease education programs.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • February 01, 2004

Parental Cohabitation Experience and Adolescent Behavioral Outcomes
This paper examines the effects of parental cohabitation on the behavioural outcomes of adolescent girls.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Center for Family and Demographic Research • January 2003

Induced Abortion Statistics 2005
This brief reports on the number of induced abortions in Canada in 2005.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Statistics Canada • May 2008

Life after Teenage Motherhood
This study examines the personal and long-term socioeconomic characteristics of mothers ages 30 to 39, comparing women who gave birth as teens to women who gave birth as adults.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Statistics Canada • May 2008

Births: Preliminary Data for 2006
This report provides preliminary data on births in the United States in 2006.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• National Vital Statistics • December 5, 2007

Trends and Recent Estimates: Sexual Activity Among U.S. Teens
This research brief examines sexual behaviour among adolescents in the United States.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Child Trends • June 2006

Trends in Hispanic Teen Births: Differences Across States
The research brief provides state-level information on births to Hispanic teens.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Child Trends • November 2007

Emerging Answers 2007: Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
This report examines 115 sexual education programs in the United States and determines their effectiveness in preventing teen pregnancy and STDs.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy • November 7, 2007

The Relationship Between Teenage Motherhood and Marriage
This research brief provides statistical information about the disadvantages teenage mothers and their children face as well as mothers' expectations to marry.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Child Trends/The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • September 2004

With One Voice 2007: America's Adults and Teens Sound Off About Teen Pregnancy: A Periodic National Survey
This survey tries to capture what American teenagers and their parents think about teenage sex.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • February 2007

Science Says: The Sexual Attitudes and Behaviour of Male Teens
This fact sheet provides information on male teenagers' attitudes towards sexual activity, use of contraception, pregnancy and fatherhood.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • October 01, 2003

"Abstinence unless Married" Education
This report looks at the abstinence-unless-married education provisions set out in the 1996 reform of the federal welfare law in the United States.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Center for Law and Social Policy • July 01, 1998

Paternal age and adverse birth outcomes: teenager or 40 +, who is at risk?
This study concludes that infants fathered by teenagers are at an increased risk for preterm birth, low birth weight, small-for-gestational-age, neonatal paternal mortality and post-neonatal mortality.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Oxford University Press, European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology • February 6, 2008

When Teen Have Sex: Issues and Trends
This report provides statistical information pertaining to teenage pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates in the United States from 1991 to 1996.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation • January 01, 1999

Sexuality, Poverty, and the Inner City
This document contains two papers on poverty and sexuality in the inner-city and focuses on teenage sexual relationships and pregnancies, and the impact of increasing numbers of unwed mothers on the welfare system.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • 1994

Repeat Teen Childbearing: Differences Across States and by Race and Ethnicity
This research brief provides statistics on repeat teen childbearing in the United States.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Child Trends • October 2007

Teen pregnancy, by outcome of pregnancy and age group, count and rate per 1,000 women, Canada, provinces and territories, 2003 to 2004
These pages provide statistics on the total number of teen pregnancies, abortions, live births and fetal losses in Canada in 2003-2004.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Statistics Canada • December 2007

One in Three: The Case for Wanted and Welcomed Pregnancy
This paper provides a an statistical overview of unwanted pregnancies in the United States.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • May 2007

Teen Birth Rates in the United States, 1940-2005
This fact sheet shows teen birth rates in the United States from 1940-2005.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy • 2007

Kiss and Tell: What Teens Say About Love, Trust, and Other Relationship Stuff
This survey of youth ages 12-17 provides a snapshot of what teens think about love, sex and relationships.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy • 2007

Pregnancy Outcomes 2004
This report provides statistical data regarding pregnancy outcomes by age and place of residence.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Statistics Canada • October 2007

Healthy Youth, An Investment in Our Nation’s Future 2007
This report describes the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s perspective on school-based health education.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion • April 2007

Freeze Frame: A Snapshot of America’s Teens
This study examines how various facets of teen life, including health, family, peers, media, school, community and religion, influence teen’s sexual choices.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • September 2005

Adolescent Health
This paper examines four areas of adolescent health: nutrition, exercise and obesity, substance use, mental and emotional health, and sexual health.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• British Medical Association • December 01, 2003

Background for Community-Level Work on Positive Reproductive Health in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
This report provides an extensive literature review of the individual, family, peer, partner, school, neighbourhood and societal factors that influence adolescents' sexual behaviour and reproductive health.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Child Trends • December 01, 2001

An Evaluation of California’s Adolescent Sibling Pregnancy Prevention Program
In this article the authors provide evidence of the effectiveness of a program designed to prevent pregnancy among the siblings of teen parents, a group found to be at an exceptionally high risk of adolescent pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • April 01, 2003

Transmitting Values about Education: A Comparison of Black Teen Mothers and Their Nonparent Peers
This paper compares the attitudes on the value of educational attainment promoted by families of black teen mothers and non-mothers, and seeks to determine whether or not these attitudes influence their childbearing and educational decisions.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1996

Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenthood: Recent Evidence and Future Directions
This paper gives an overview of trends in teenage pregnancy and birth rates, and of recent research relating to adolescent sexual activity, pregnancy, and parenthood.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago • October 1997

Preventing Teenage Pregnancy, Childbearing, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: What the Research Shows
This paper argues the importance of improving adolescent sexual health, and offers strategies for accomplishing this goal.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Child Trends • May 01, 2002

Adolescent Pregnancy
This article aims to address the different options available for teens before and after an unplanned pregnancy, and discusses the significant physical and psychosocial risks that adolescent pregnancy carries for youth.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Canadian Paediatric Society • April 2006

Family Structure, Early Sexual Behaviour, and Premarital Births
This paper discusses the perceived relationship between family structure and the risk of nonmarital childbearing, and looks at the way that this relationship can be mediated by the age of first sexual encounter.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Institute for Research on Poverty • March 01, 1997

Teenage Pregnancy: Trends, Contributing Factors and the Physician's Role
This article explores Canadian teen pregnancy rates compared to other countries and suggests ways physicians can engage with teens about sexual activity, contraceptives and teen pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Canadian Medical Association • May 22, 2007

Educating Responsibility: Is Abstinence Education Best for Our Children
This paper presents a case for abstinence education, suggesting that the message should be accompanied by opportunities for volunteer work and extra-curricular activities.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• American Values • September 1, 2004

This article examines how Canadians access the news media. The study found that television remains the most sought medium for news but that younger Canadians are increasingly turning to the internet. The article suggests that the level of political e
This study reports on pregnancy rates by age and place of residency.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Statistics Canada • March 2006

Facing the Facts…Young People and the ‘Morning-After Pill’
This paper examines the prevalent use of the morning-after pill among teens under 16 years of age in Britain.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Family Education Trust • 2004

No Minor Matter: Developing a Coherent Policy on Paternity Establishment for Children Born to Underage Parents
This report discusses the importance of being able to establish paternity for children born to unmarried parents and examines the particular challenges faced when the father is a minor.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Center for Law and Social Policy • March 01, 2004

How Does Adolescent Fertility Affect the Human Capital and Wages of Young Women?
This paper investigates the impact of teenage childbearing on the educational attainment, employment, and income of young women.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1997

Measuring Factors Underlying Intendedness Of Women’s First and Later Pregnancies
This paper explores factors affecting the intendedness of women's first and subsequent pregnancies and live births.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Allan Guttmacher Institute • September/October 2004

Second or Subsequent Births to Teenagers
This study found that the rate of second or subsequent births to teenagers fell between 1993 and 2003.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Statistics Canada • February 2007

Literature Review: Poverty, Homelessness and Teenage Pregnancy
This literature review examines causes and issues pertaining to poverty and pregnancy among teenaged women.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• First Steps Housing Project Inc. • February 2006

Sterilisation and Other Medical Procedures on Children A report to the Attorney-General
This paper make recommendations intended to prevent eugenic sterilization of minors, particularly disabled minors.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Attorney General of Australia • November 01, 1994

The Intergenerational Effects of Early Childbearing
This report looks at long-term outcomes for children of teenage mothers and finds that these children are more likely to have low education, be unemployed, give birth as teenagers, and give birth out of wedlock.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 1995

One out of Every Five: Teenage Motherhood and Subsequent Childbearing
This paper looks at the factors that influence subsequent childbearing among teenagers and examines the impact that this has on both the mother and the children.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Center for Law and Social Policy • August 01, 1998

Reversing Teen Pregnancy and Single Parenthood
This article describes the current crisis of out-of-wedlock births, explains why this is a problem for children, and provides suggestions for how to promote childbearing within marriage.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• American Experiment Quarterly • Summer 2001

Is a Baby a Good Reason to Marry?
This article examines the reasons which lead women and men to decide not to marry the other parent of their child.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Center of the American Experiment • Summer 2001

Risk and Resilience in Six- and Ten-Year-Old Children
This study uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to create an “index of adversity” to enable researchers to identify children whose development is most at risk due to various stress factors in their lives.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Do Teens Make Rational Choices? The Case of Nonmarital Childbearing
This paper examines factors, particularly economic ones, that influence pregnant teenagers' decisions to give birth while unmarried.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1997

Health and Medical Care Costs to Society of Teen Pregnancy: Children from Birth to Age 14
This study examines the health status of children born to teenage mothers and finds that their health tends to be poorer than that of children of older mothers.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Institute for Research on Poverty • October 01, 1995

Effects of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood on High School Dropout
Using information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper indicates that pregnant students and young mothers are more likely to drop-out than their peers and that the risk of dropping out decreases with age.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Institute for Research on Poverty • December 01, 1993

U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics: Overall Trends, Trends by Race and Ethnicity And State-by-State Information
This paper charts trends in teenage pregnancy, birth, and abortion in the US according to state and race demographics.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • February 19, 2004

Summary Report of the Consultation for the Strategy to Address the Issue of Crisis Pregnancy
This report provides an overview of Irish public opinion regarding the causes and consequences of crisis pregnancy, as well as ideas for prevention.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Crisis Pregnancy Agency • July 2004

Crisis Pregnancy and Pregnancy Decision Making: An Outline of Influencing Factors
This report examines psychological, relationship, situational, and contextual factors that place women at risk of experiencing an unwanted pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Crisis Pregnancy Agency • July 2004

Hispanic Teen Pregnancy and Birth Rates: Looking Behind the Numbers
This research brief discusses data pertaining to the sexual and reproductive behaviour and outcomes of Hispanic youth.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Child Trends • February 2005

The Outcomes of Teen Motherhood in Europe
This paper uses data from the European Community Household Panel survey to examine the well-being of women who first gave birth in adolescence, across thirteen countries in the European Union.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre • July 2001

Understanding Teenage Sexuality in Ireland
This study examines Irish teenagers' ideas about sexuality, sex education, and factors that influence their sexual behaviour and choices.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Crisis Pregnancy Agency • November 2004

Promoting Positive Adolescent Sexual Health & Preventing Teenage Pregnancy - A Review of Recent Effectiveness Research
This report reviews existing research into teenage pregnancy and sexual behaviour, discusses factors associated with early sexual initiation and teenage pregnancy, and outlines some of the outcomes associated with adolescent pregnancy and childbearing.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Crisis Pregnancy Agency • July 2004

Ambivalence and Pregnancy: Adolescents’ Attitudes, Contraceptive Use and Pregnancy
This article explores the effect of adolescents' attitudes towards pregnancy on their contraceptive use and risk of becoming pregnant.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Allan Guttmacher Institute • November/December 2004

Differences Between Mistimed and Unwanted Pregnancies Among Women Who Have Live Births
This study examines the prevalence of intended, unwanted, and mistimed pregnancies among women in the United States.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Allan Guttmacher Institute • September/October 2004

Confidential Reproductive Health Services for Minors: The Potential Impact of Mandated Parental Involvement for Contraception
This article reviews state and federal laws pertaining to minors' access to contraceptive and sexually transmitted disease services.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Allan Guttmacher Institute • September/October 2004

Parental Consent for Abortion: How Common Sense Measures Assure Safety for Minors
In this paper the authors defend laws in the United States that require parental consent before a minor may have an abortion.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• North Carolina Family Policy Council • August 2002

Pregnant or Positive: Adolescent Childbearing and HIV Risk in South Africa
This study explores the extent to which adolescent childbearing preferences are affected by their perceived risk of acquiring HIV.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Population Council • 2002

A Matter of Choice? Explaining National Variation in Teenage Abortion and Motherhood
This report explores regional variations in abortion proportions among adolescents in the United Kingdom, and investigates the effect of demographic and socioeconomic factors, service provision, and perceived and actual barriers on teenagers' decisions concerning motherhood and abortion.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • 2004

The Demography of Sexual Behaviour
This paper attempts to understand sexual behaviours in America and how sexual practices are shaping society.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • 1994

Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenthood in South Africa
This paper examines fertility patterns in South Africa and explores the educational, marital, fertility, economic, and employment consequences of early, premarital childbearing.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Population Council • 2000

Child Health Statistics
This report presents statistical information pertaining to children's health and well being in England.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• National Statistics • 2000

Continuity and Change in Pathways to Young Adult Disadvantage: Results from a British Birth Cohort
In this paper, childhood and adolescent precursors to adult disadvantage are studied in order to determine whether or not childhood experiences affect educational, financial, social, and employment-related outcomes later in life.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion • April 2003

Academic and Behavioral Outcomes among the Children of Young Mothers
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper investigates the academic and behavioural outcomes for children of young mothers.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • June 26, 2000

Changing Fertility Patterns, 1974 to 1994
This article discusses the fluctuations in fertility rates in Canada between 1974-1994 and pays specific attention to the increase in teenage pregnancies and out of wedlock births.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Statistics Canada • 1996

The Role of Psychological Factors
This paper looks at the psychological factors that contribute to teenage pregnancy and parenthood.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Welfare Reform Academy • March 06, 1998

Combined Use of Condoms with Other Contraceptive Methods Among Inner-City Baltimore Women
This paper examines how the increase in Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD's), particularly among adolescents, has dictated a reassessment of the need for various protective methods.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Alan Guttmacher Institute • April 01, 1995

Getting a Piece of the Pie? Declining Teen Birth Rates During the 1990s
This paper investigates the possibility that unprecedented economic expansion in the United States in the 1990s contributed to declining teenage birth rates, particularly among African-American girls.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Population Studies Center • October 2002

Sexual Intercourse and Pregnancy Among African-American Adolescent Girls in High Poverty Neighbourhoods: The Role of Family and Community Factors
This study of adolescent girls in high risk neighbourhoods examines factors that either protect them from or put them at risk for early sexual activity and teenage pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Population Research Center • 1997

Consistency of Self-Reports of Sexual Activity Among Young Adolescents in Jamaica
This article examines self-report data in regard to adolescent sexual activity in Jamaica, and finds that this method of data collection results in inconsistent reporting, especially among boys.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • March 2000

Trends in At-Risk Behaviors of Youth in Washington: 1998 Update
This paper briefly discusses a variety of youth related issues in the state of Washington, including rates of suicide, crime, substance use, graduation, and child abuse.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Washington State Institute for Public Policy • April 1998

Young Adult Fertility and the Intendedness of Births
This paper discusses the antecedents and consequences of unintended adolescent pregnancies for both men and women.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology • 2002

Interpersonal Violence and Adolescent Pregnancy: Prevalence and Implications for Practice and Policy
This paper explores the relationship between incidences of child or adolescent maltreatment and teenage pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• National Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting and Prevention • October 2001

The Impact of Family Structure and Social Change
This paper discusses adolescent sexual activity and how it is affected by biological factors, and the deterioration of the traditional family.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• American Enterprise Institute • January 1, 1997

An Update on State Policy Initiatives to Reduce Teen and Adult Nonmarital Childbearing
This paper reviews trends in teenage and unwed childbearing in the United States and provides an overview of changes from 1997 to 1999 in state policies designed to prevent teen pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Urban Institute • August 2004

Sexual Health and Canadian Youth: How Do We Measure Up?
This article looks at Canadian youth rates of STD infection, pregnancy, abortion, prevalence of sexual activity, and age at first intercourse.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality • Spring/Summer 2001

Next Steps and Best Bets: Approaches to Preventing Adolescent Childbearing
This paper discusses the importance of programs that are designed to prevent adolescent childbearing, and suggests eleven key principles that should guide the development of new programs.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Child Trends • Updated February 2001

Explaining the Trend in Teenage Birth Rates from 1981 to 1999
This paper links changes in the teenage birthrate to shifting demographic patterns, economic trends, and changing social policies.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • Revised August 2003

Is Teen Marriage a Solution?
This paper suggests that marriage is often not the best option for pregnant teens.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Center for Law and Social Policy • April 2002

Alcohol and Teenage Pregnancy
Using a variety of sources and past research, this paper explores the relationship between adolescent alcohol consumption and risky sex.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Alcohol Concern • March 2002

Sex and Drugs
This report provides facts for teens and parents about drug use and sex.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • January 2003

Teen Fertility and Gender Inequality in Education: A Contextual Hypothesis
This article looks at whether policy efforts to reduce unintended teenage childbearing result in a narrowing of the gender gap in education.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • December 08, 2004

A League Table of Teenage Births in Rich Nations
This report provides extensive statistical information concerning teenage birth rates in the industrialized world and attempts to understand why some developed countries, such as the United States, have teenage birth rates that are dramatically higher than others.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre • July 01, 2001

Premarital Sex and School Dropout in Kenya: Can Schools Make a Difference?
This paper examines the influence of the school environment on the likelihood that adolescent boys and girls will engage in unprotected sexual activity in Kenya.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Population Council • March 25, 1999

Youth Risk Behaviour Surveillance - United States, 2003
This article examines health-risk behaviours among youth, such as: violence, substance abuse, sexual activity, diet, and physical inactivity.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Epidemiology Program Office, Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • May 21, 2004

Pregnancies Averted Among U.S. Teenagers By the Use of Contraceptives
This article estimates that 1.65 million pregnancies were prevented in 1995 by the use of contraceptives among teens ages 15 to 19. ...
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • February 01, 1999

Recent Trends in Abortion Rates Worldwide
This article discusses how contraceptive methods, if used properly, can decrease the use of abortion.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • March 01, 1999

Abortion Statistics: Legal Abortions Carried Out Under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1997
This report presents statistical information relating to legal abortions in the United Kingdom for 1997.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Office for National Statistics • 1998

US Teenage Pregnancy Statistics With Comparative Statistics for Women Aged 20-24
This paper examines the pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates and statistics of teenage girls, and compares these number to the rates for women aged 20-24.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • February 19, 2004

Teenage Abortion and Pregnancy Statistics by State, 1992
This paper explores trends in teenage pregnancy and birth statistics in the US, focusing on those for 1992.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • June 01, 1997

United States Birth Rates for Teens, 15-19
This document lists the birth rates for all fifty US states between the years 1990-2002, as well as the birth rate statistics for the years 1970, 1980, and 1985.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • 2002

Abortion Statistics: Legal Abortions Carried Out Under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 2001
This report presents statistical information regarding legal abortions in the United Kingdom for the year 2001.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Office for National Statistics • 2002

Factors Associated with Adolescents’ Risk For Late Entry into Prenatal Care
This article demonstrates that pregnant adolescents were more likely to enter prenatal care at a later stage in their pregnancy if they were no longer in contact with the baby's father, had no history of abortion, did not drink alcohol while pregnant, had only one sexual partner in the last year, or were unemployed.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • December 01, 1997

Births Outside of Marriage: Perceptions vs. Reality
This paper discusses trends in non-marital childbearing and unwed motherhood, and challenges public perceptions of the nature and causes of out-of-wedlock births, and the characteristics of unwed mothers.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Child Trends • April 01, 2001

Preventing Sexual Risk Behaviors and Pregnancy Among Teenagers: Linking Research and Programs
In this paper, the authors argue that effective teenage pregnancy and sexual risk prevention requires a collaboration between the relevant research and practical programs.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • April 01, 2003

Into A New World: Young Women's Sexual and Reproductive Lives
This summary of a longer report discusses the sexual and reproductive lives of young women in countries around the world.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • 1998

Adolescent Sexual Health
This chapter, from the book The Health of Children and Young People, discusses teen sexual activity, fertility, and pregnancy as well as the transmission of STDs amongst youth.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Office of National Statistics • March 01, 2004

Fact Sheet: Teen Pregnancy, Birth and Abortion
This document provides statistics on the rates of pregnancy, child birth, and abortion among American teenagers, with results categorized according to age and race/ethnicity.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States • March 01, 2002

Emergency Contraception: A National Survey of Adolescent Health Experts
This article presents the results of a survey that asked physicians about their willingness to prescribe emergency contraception and their attitudes towards its use.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • February 01, 1997

Family Connectedness and Sexual Risk-Taking Among Urban Youth Attending Alternative High Schools
This study found that family connectedness was an important protective factor for youth, and that high levels of perceived family connectedness were associated with a decreased likelihood of teenage sex and pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • August 01, 2003

Abortion Statistics: Legal Abortions Carried Out Under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 2000
This report presents statistical information relating to legal abortions in the United Kingdom in the year 2000.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Office for National Statistics • 2001

Combatting Illegitimacy and Counselling Teen Abstinence: A Key Component of Welfare Reform
This paper argues that decreasing teen pregnancy rates can most effectively be done through abstinence education programs.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Heritage Foundation Backgrounder, no.1051 • August 31, 1995

Pregnancy Prevention Among Urban Adolescents Younger than 15: Results of the ‘In Your Face’ Program
This article documents the progress of "In Your Face," a pregnancy prevention program that operates through school clinics in four junior high schools in New York City.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • August 01, 1997

Repeat Abortions in Canada, 1975-1993
This article documents the increased prevalence of multiple abortions among Canadian women from 1975 to 1993.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • February 01, 1997

Teenage Sexual and Reproductive Behavior in the United States
This fact sheet outlines the sexual behaviour of adolescents in the US including related issues such as STD's, condom use, teenage pregnancy, and age of sexual initiation.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • February 01, 1997

Association of Early Childbearing and Low Cognitive Ability
This article demonstrates that young females with low cognitive ability have an increased likelihood of early sexual activity and teenage childbearing.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • October 01, 2002

Induced Abortion in the Developing World: Indirect Estimates
This article discusses the statistics on abortion in 21 developing countries, and aims to find the correlation between abortion and the detriments of fertility.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • September 01, 1996

Adolescent Fertility and the Educational Attainment of Young Women
This paper examines the corelation between early childbearing and educational attainment.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • February 01, 1995

Less Sexual Activity, More Education, Changes in Contraception Key To Declining Teen Birth Rates
This paper explores the decline in the teenage birth rate which, it argues, is a result of increased sex education, a decrease in adolescent sexual activity and approval of premarital sex, and an increase in condom use.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development • December 01, 1999

Maternal Age and Birth Outcomes: Data from New Jersey
This study finds that maternal age is a factor in lowbirthweight infancts only for the very youngest (under 15) and oldest (over 40) mothers.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • December 01, 1997

Preventing Pregnancy and Improving Health Care Access Among Teenagers: An Evaluation Of the Children's Aid Society-Carrera Program
This evaluation of the Children's Aid-Carrera Program, an after-school intervention for disadvantaged youth in New York City, found that it was successful in reducing teenage pregnancy rates.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • October 01, 2002

Employment and the Sexual and Reproductive Behavior of Female Adolescents
This study finds that employed adolescent girls are more likely to experience their first sexual encounter sooner than are their unemployed peers.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • June 01, 2002

Patterns in the Socioeconomic Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions in 2000–2001
This article presents information about the social and demographic characteristics of women who had abortions in 2000 and 2001.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • October 01, 2002

Abortion Statistics: Legal Abortions Carried Out Under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1998
This report presents statistical information relating to legal abortions in the United Kingdom for 1998.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Office for National Statistics • 1999

Clandestine Abortion in Latin America: A Clinic Profile
This article examines the characteristics of women either having complications with their abortions or women seeking abortion.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • March 01, 2001

Sex Education in the U.S.: Policy and Politics
This paper discusses the federal, state and local policies on sex education, including abstinence-only, abstinence-plus, and HIV/AIDS education programs.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • October 01, 2002

Adolescent Health: State of the Nation - Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Related Risk Behaviors Among U.S. Adolescents, 1994
This paper discusses trends in adolescent pregnancy, birth, abortion, and STD infection and transmission in the US.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Center for Disease Control • 1994

Adolescents Who Take Virginity Pledges Have Lower Rates of Out-of-Wedlock Births
This paper demonstrates that, regardless of socioeconomic status, race, and religiosity, adolescent girls who take virginity pledges have a significantly lower rate of out-of-wedlock births than do girls who do not pledge abstinence.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Heritage Foundation • March 30, 2004

Teenage Pregnancies, 1974 to 1994
Building on research from past studies, this article discusses the fluctuation in the pregnancy and abortion rates of teenagers in Canada since 1974.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Statistics Canada • March 01, 1997

Abortion Statistics: Legal Abortions Carried Out Under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1992
This report presents statistical information relating to legal abortions in the United Kingdom in 1992.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Office for National Statistics • 1993

Attitudes of General Practitioners in Northern Ireland Toward Abortion and Family Planning
This study asked physicians in Northern Ireland about the number of contraception and abortion requests they received, and about their opinions on contraception issues.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • October 01, 1997

Factors Hindering Access to Abortion Services
This paper discusses specific obstacles facing women who are seeking abortions.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Alan Guttmacher Institute • April 01, 1995

Teenage Sexual and Reproductive Behavior in Developed Countries: Can More Progress Be Made?
This report demonstrates that rates of adolescnet pregnancy vary substantially between countries, suggests factors that contribute to these differences, and makes recommendations for further reducing the incidence of teenage pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • November 01, 2001

Abortion Statistics: Legal Abortions Carried Out Under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1991
This report presents statistical information relating to legal abortions in the United Kingdom for 1991.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Office for National Statistics • 1993

Safer Sex, Condoms, and "the Pill"
This poll surveys teenagers attitudes towards contraceptives and condoms, their perceptions and misperceptions about protection, and factors influencing what, if any, protection they use.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • November 01, 2000

Gender Differences in Adult Perspectives on Adolescent Reproductive Behaviors: Evidence from Lomé, Togo
This study surveyed adults in Togo about their attitudes towards adolescent sexual activity, contraceptive use, and about their communication with their children regarding reproductive health issues.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • December 01, 2001

Characteristics of Women Who Obtain Induced Abortion: A Worldwide Review
In an effort to understand the reasons leading to abortion, this article analyzes data from various nations on the demographic and socioeconomic status of women who have had abortions or who are considering having one.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • June 01, 1999

Abortion Statistics: Legal Abortions Carried Out Under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1995
This report presents statistical information relating to legal abortions in the United Kingdom for 1995.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Office for National Statistics • 1996

Abortion Statistics: Legal Abortions Carried Out Under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1994
This report presents statistical information relating to legal abortions in the United Kingdom for 1994.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Office for National Statistics • 1995

The ‘Illegitimacy Bonus’ and State Efforts To Reduce Out-of-Wedlock Births
This report discusses state efforts to reduce non-marital childbearing in response to the 'illegitimacy bonus,' a federal initiative that provides an award to states if they lower rates of unwed motherhood.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • April 01, 1999

Why Nigerian Adolescents Seek Abortion Rather than Contraception: Evidence from Focus-Group Discussions
This paper discusses the common misunderstandings among Nigerian adolescents regarding contraceptive methods and abortion.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • June 01, 2001

A Global Review of Laws on Induced Abortion, 1985-1997
This article uses abortion statistics and country laws to determine the availability of safe and affordable abortion services in 152 nations.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • June 01, 1998

Unintended Pregnancy in the United States
This study found that rates of unintended pregnancy in the United States have been decreasing, largely due to more widespread use of contraceptives and the greater effectiveness of the methods available.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • 1998

Teenagers and Welfare Reform
This paper looks at the 1996 Welfare Reform Act as it relates to teenagers.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Urban Institute • June 15, 2003

Teenage Pregnancy
This article looks at the prevalence of teenage pregnancy and abortion in Canada and finds that, while adolescent pregnancy rates have decreased, abortions have proportionately increased to over fifty percent.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Statistics Canada • October 01, 2000

Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing: Levels and Trends in Developed Countries
This study used birth and abortion statistics from ten developed countries to provide a comparative analysis of the incidence of adolescent pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • February 01, 2000

Induced Abortion in Urban Nepal
This article examines the use of abortions as a method to control family size among Urban Nepal villages.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • September 01, 2001

Determinants of Unintended Pregnancy Among Women in Ecuador
This article outlines the social and health complications that result from unintended pregnancies in Ecuador.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • March 01, 1999

Abuse of Trust: Children and Youth in the Sex Trade
This article is about the 300,000 children and youth caught in the sex trade industry in North America.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Caledon Institute of Social Policy • November 01, 2000

Knowledge and Perceptions of Medical Abortion Among Potential Users
This article discusses medical abortions and addresses the misconceptions about the simplicity of the process.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • October 01, 1995

Differences in Teenage Pregnancy Rates Among Five Developed Countries: The Roles of Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use
This article presents the findings of a study that compared rates of sexual activity, adolescent chilbearing, contraceptive use, and abortions in Canada, the United States, Sweden, France, and Great Britain.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • December 01, 2001

Understanding U.S. Fertility: Continuity And Change in the National Survey Of Family Growth, 1988-1995
This article uses data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) to analyse patterns of fertility, infertility, contraceptive use, unintended pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, concern about sexually transmitted disease, and women's use of health services from 1988 to 1995.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • February 01, 1996

Sexual Intercourse and the Age Difference Between Adolescent Females and Their Romantic Partners
This study finds that adolescent girls whose romantic partners are significantly older than them are more likely to have sex with their partner than are those who have a partner of the same age.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • December 01, 2002

Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Adolescent Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Behavior: The Case of Five Developed Countries
This comparative study examines the effect of education, race, ethnicity, immigrant status, and income on patterns of early childbearing, sexual activty, and contraceptive use in France, Sweden, Great Britain, Canada and the United States.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • December 01, 2001

Adult Communication and Teen Sex: Changing a Community
This paper discusses the elements, implementation, and effectiveness of the Plain Talk Program and the effectiveness of community and parental involvement in decreasing teenage sexual activity.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Public/Private Ventures • March 01, 2001

Fact Sheet: A Look at the Real Costs of Teen Pregnancy
This fact sheet looks at the cost of teen pregnancy to taxpayers, its association with poverty and educational failure, and the outcomes of the children of teen mothers.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • March 01, 2003

The Psychosocial Context of Young Adult Sexual Behavior in Nicaragua: Looking Through the Gender Lens
This article examines health programs that focus on abortion and birth control methods in Nicaragua.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • December 01, 2003

Abortion Statistics: Legal Abortions Carried Out Under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1996
This report presents statistical information relating to legal abortions in the United Kingdom for 1996.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Office for National Statistics • 1997

Marriage and Public Policy: What Can Government Do?
This report provides recommendations for government policies and programs that would help to reduce out-of-wedlock childbearing and prevent unnecessary divorce.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Institute for American Values • April 16, 2002

Teenagers' Pregnancy Intentions And Decisions: A Study of Young Women in California Choosing To Give Birth
This study of pregnant teenagers who decided to give birth examines the various factors influencing their decision.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • December 01, 1999

A Good Time: After-School Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy
This paper looks at three types of after-school pregnancy prevention programs: curriculum-based sex education programs, youth development programs, and service learning programs.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • January 01, 2004

How Old Are U.S. Fathers?
The article discusses the available statistics as well as the complications in measuring the average age of fathers in the United States.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Alan Guttmacher Institute • August 01, 1995

Abortion Statistics: Legal Abortions Carried Out Under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1999
This report presents statistical information relating to legal abortions in the United Kingdom for 1999.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Office for National Statistics • 2000

Bridging the Gap Integrating Family Planning With Abortion Services in Turkey
This paper examines Turkey's use of abortion as a method of controlling fertility.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • June 01, 2001

Education Now and Babies Later (ENABL): Life History Of a Campaign to Postpone Sexual Involvement
This article documents the development, implementation, and termination of ENABL, a program intended to postpone sexual initiation and prevent pregnancy among girls aged 12 to 14 in California.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • June 01, 1997

Investing in Adolescent Health: A Social Imperative for California's Future
This paper discusses the importance of ensuring good adolescent health, makes recommendations for providing health services to teens, and suggests specific strategies to address seven different areas of adolescent health.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• National Adolescent Health Information Center • 2000

National Survey of Adolescents and Young Adults: Sexual Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Experiences
This paper examines the sexual knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of today’s adolescents and addresses topics such as pregnancy, STD's, AIDS, the use of birth control, the influence of substance use on sexual choices, and experiences with peer pressure to engage in sexual activities.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • 2003

Can Government Strengthen Marriage: Evidence from the Social Sciences
This paper explores how and why the government should implement public policies that support the institution of marriage and work towards the reduction of divorce and unmarried childbearing.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Institute for American Values • 2004

Is There a Link Between Welfare Reform and Teen Pregnancy?
This paper examines the relationship between welfare reform and teen pregnancy prevention, arguing that there are only limited links between the two.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Welfare Reform Academy • June 05, 1998

Trends over Time in the Educational Attainments of Single Mothers
Using data from the Current Population Survey, this paper explores the high rates of high school drop out and welfare participation of single mothers.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Institute for Research on Poverty • October 01, 1993

Increased Abstinence Causes a Large Drop in Teen Pregnancy
This paper discusses the findings that increased abstinence, more than increased condom and contraceptive use, has caused a decline in teen pregnancy over the last several years.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Heritage Foundation • May 02, 2003

Reasons Why Women Have Induced Abortions: Evidence from 27 Countries
This article examines some of the reasons women explain and justify having an abortion.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • August 01, 1998

Why is Teenage Pregnancy Declining? The Roles of Abstinence, Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use
This paper investigates trends in teenage pregnancy rates and finds that they have been declining due to changes in adolescent sexual behaviour, attitudes, abstinence, and contraceptive use.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • December 01, 1999

Attitudes Toward Sexual Responsibility and Parenting: An Exploratory Study of Young Urban Males
This study explores the possibility that there might be differences in sexual behaviour and attitudes towards contraception, parenting, and pregnancy among teenage fathers as compared to non-fathers.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • December 01, 1997

Maternal Education and Risk Factors for Small-for-Gestational-Age Births
This paper studies the effect of maternal education and educational attainment on the health outcomes of infants, specifically in regards to birthweight.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Statistics Canada • October 01, 1998

Early Predictors of Nonmarital First Pregnancy and Abortion
In an attempt to discover what factors predict nonmarital first pregnancies and abortions, this paper studies the psychosocial characteristics and family structures of young women.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • June 01, 1996

The Age of Unwed Mothers: Is Teen Pregnancy the Problem?
In this paper the author argues that the growing problem of unmarried motherhood is the result of increased childbearing among unwed women in their twenties.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Institute for American Values • 1999

Trends in Teen Sexual Behaviour
This paper gives an overview of trends in teenage sexual activites, including contraceptive use, frequency of sexual activity, pregnacies, and abortions.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Welfare Reform Academy • May 01, 1998

Childhood Poverty, Early Motherhood and Adult Social Exclusion
This paper explores the relationship between childhood poverty and early motherhood as well as the effect that these two circumstances have on financial, emotional, socio-economic and health outcomes.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion • July 01, 1999

Abortion Statistics: Legal Abortions Carried Out Under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1993
This report presents statistical information relating to legal abortions in the United Kingdom for 1993.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Office for National Statistics • 1994

Do Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing Affect Younger Siblings?
This study investigated the ways in which having a pregnant or parenting teenage sibling affected younger brothers and sisters.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • August 01, 1996

Rural Adolescent Pregnancy: A View from the South
This study found that the teenage birthrate in nine southeastern states was higher in rural than urban areas, and that teens in rural communities were less likely than their urban peers to undergo an abortion.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • December 01, 1997

The Health Status of California's Latino Youth
This report examines various adolescent health issues as they relate to Latino youth in California.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The California Adolescent Health Collaborative • July 01, 2004

Access to Adolescent Reproductive Health Services: Financial and Structural Barriers to Care
This article examines socio-economic, political and cultural factors that provide obstacles to adolescent access to reproductive health care in the United States.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • June 01, 2003

Adolescent Pregnancy and Sexual Risk-Taking Among Sexually Abused Girls
This paper explores the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and adolescent sexual activity.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • October 01, 1997

The Effect of Maternal Employment on Teenage Childbearing
This study found that maternal employment was associated with an increased risk of teenage childbearing in both affluent and low-income families.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • August 01, 2003

Is There a Causal Link Between Maltreatment And Adolescent Pregnancy? A Literature Review
This review of existing research on the relationship between childhood abuse and adolescent pregnancy concludes that findings have been flawed and contradictory, thus making it impossible to determine whether or not there is a causal relationship between these two factors.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • April 01, 2002

TANF and the Status of Teen Mothers Under Age 18
This paper assesses the changes in teen childbearing, the living arrangements of teen mothers, and school enrollment in relation to welfare use.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Urban Institute • June 01, 2003

The World's Youth 2000
This report provides a profile of young people around the world, covering topics such as education, marriage, sexual activity, childbearing, sexually transmitted disease, sexual violence against women, and contraception.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• Population Reference Bureau • April 01, 2003

Age Differences Between Minors Who Give Birth and Their Adult Partners
This study investigates the percentage of births by girls aged 15 to 17 that are fathered by men at least five years older than them.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • April 01, 1997

Understanding the Impact of Effective Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Programs
This article reviews the efforts and effectiveness of five pregnancy prevention programs.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • October 01, 1995

Promoting Sexual Responsibility Among Young People in Zimbabwe
This article discusses a campaign that creates awareness of contraceptive methods and general knowledge about reproductive health among Zimbabwian youth.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • March 01, 2001