Editors
Dmitri N. Shalin
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2006
Publication Title
The Social Health of Nevada: Leading Indicators and Quality of Life in the Silver State
Publisher
UNLV: Center for Democratic Culture Publications
First page number:
1
Last page number:
29
Abstract
The United States has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the fully industrialized world. While the rates have been declining in the last 15 years, it remains a source of concern that
- 34% of teenage girls in the U.S. are becoming pregnant at least once before the age of 20.
- The teen pregnancy in the U.S. rate is ten times that of Japan, four times those of France and Germany, and nearly twice that of Great Britain.
Keywords
Children of teenage mothers; Teenage parents; Teenage pregnancy; Teenagers--Sexual behavior
Disciplines
Community-Based Research | Gender and Sexuality | Immune System Diseases | Sociology | Virus Diseases
Language
English
Repository Citation
Meana, M.,
Thaler, L.
(2006).
Teen Sexuality and Pregnancy in Nevada. In Dmitri N. Shalin,
The Social Health of Nevada: Leading Indicators and Quality of Life in the Silver State
1-29.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/social_health_nevada_reports/11
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