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Ascher, Carol – 1985
This brief digest discusses teenage pregnancy and various educational strategies that appear to affect pregnancy rates. While pregnancy among white teenagers has increased since the 1970s, the birthrate among black teenagers is still five to eight times higher. Teenage mothers and fathers have lower educational attainment and income than their…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Blacks, Desegregation Effects