Less Sexual Activity, More Education, Changes in Contraception Key To Declining Teen Birth Rates

Author: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Publisher: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Publication: Research on Today's Issues, No.10 Document Date:                  December 01, 1999 Category: Sexuality > Premarital Sex Related Categories: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Sexual Activity Education > Sex Education Sexuality > Abortion/Birth Control Sexuality > Sexual Attitudes   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. Click to read this article... (PDF) Send us feedback on this article Bookmark this link