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Peer reviewedScott-Jones, Diane – Education and Urban Society, 1991
To reduce the risks of adolescent pregnancy, comprehensive sex education programs and programs that reduce the risks indirectly by focusing on educational expectations and achievement are needed. Adolescents who do well in school and see education as a route to adult success have a reason to delay childbearing. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents
