More than 1 million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly half give birth. Why do these young people, who are hardly more than children themselves, become parents? The statistical appendices and working papers for the report Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing provide additional insight into the trends in and consequences of teenage sexual behavior.

Table of Contents


Front Matter
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing: An Emerging Research Focus
1 Factors Affecting Initiation of Sexual Intercourse
2 Adolescent Sexual Behavior As It Relates to Other Transition Behaviors in Youth
3 Contraceptive Decision-Making Among Adolescents
4 Teenage Pregnancy And Its Resolution
5 The Health and Medical Consequences of Adolescent Sexuality and Pregnancy: A Review of Literature
6 Social and Economic Consequences of Teenage Childbearing
7 Teenage Fatherhood
8 The Children of Teen Childbearers
9 The Effects of Programs and Policies on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing
10 Estimates of Public Costs for Teenage Childbearing: A Review of Recent Studies and Estimates of 1985 Public Costs
References
Statistical Appendix Trends in Adolescent Sexual and Fertility Behavior