Adolescent pregnancy

Teens are more likely to become pregnant if they:

• Begin dating early(dating at age 12 is associated with a 91% chance of being sexually involved before age 19, and dating at age 13 is associated with a 56% probability of sexual involvement during adolescence)
• Use alcohol and/or other drugs, including tobacco products
• Drop out of school
• Lacka support group or have few friends
• Lackinvolvement in school, family, or community activities
• Perceive little or no opportunity for success
• Livie in a community or attending a school where early childbearing is common and viewed as the norm rather than as a cause for concern
• Grow up under impoverished conditions
• Have been a victim of sexual abuse or assault
• Have a mother who was aged 19 or younger when she first gave birth

U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics:Overall Trends, Trends by Race and Ethnicity and State-by-State Information. New York, NY: The Alan Guttmacher Institute; 2004

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