This study (Darroch et al., 2001) suggested that the problem of teenage pregnancy in the United States may be related to less sex education in schools and lower availability of contraceptive supplies (Darroch et al., 2001). ... The United States also has the highest rate of gonorrhea among teenagers within the developed countries (Darroch et al., 2001). ... The time and energy spent on a child could have been devoted to school, work and leisure time activities (Hofferth et al., 2001). ... The mothers of these teenagers that have these risk factors engage in early sexual activity and cons...

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(Graber et al., 1996) She feels satisfied with the way she dresses and her body image, does not care what others think, and is a more popular kid at school. ... This could be related to Graber et al.'...

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It concluded that "Several evaluations have shown that adolescents in schools with and without programs are equally likely to become sexual active, and in 2 of 3 studies, sexually active youths were more likely to report having used condoms during their most recent sexual encounter" (Blake et al. 955). ...

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Although the rate of teen pregnancy in the United States has declined greatly within the past few years, it is still an enormous problem that needs to be taken into consideration. These rates are still higher in the 1990's than they were only a decade ago. The United States" teenage birthrate exce...

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