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Employment and the Sexual and Reproductive Behavior of Female Adolescents


  Author: Lauren M. Rich, Sun-Bin Kim
Publisher: The Alan Guttmacher Institute
Publication: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health Vol. 34, No. 3
Document Date:                  June 01, 2002
Category: Sexuality > Sexual Initiation Age
Related Categories:
Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Employment
Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Sexual Activity
Family Economics > Employment/Unemployment
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
 

This study finds that employed adolescent girls are more likely to experience their first sexual encounter sooner than are their unemployed peers.  It also draws connections between employment and teen pregnancy, although the correlation is positive for some groups and negative for others. 

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