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Download full textMiller, Brent C.; And Others – 1981
This paper reports on a study of teenage sexual activity and pregnancy in Utah, conducted to understand ways of dealing with the State's rising adolescent fertility rate. The paper identifies social and cultural characteristics which distinguish sexually active youth from their abstinent peers. Related research is reviewed and methodology is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dating (Social), Early Parenthood, Family Relationship
Peer reviewedHayward, Mark D.; And Others – Social Science Quarterly, 1992
Reports on a study to determine how socioeconomic status influences adolescent premarital pregnancy. Finds that African Americans' risk of pregnancy is heightened by both contraceptive behavior and exposure to sexual intercourse. Also finds that the mother's educational level is a powerful inhibitor of pregnancy for both African Americans and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Black Mothers, Blacks
