Teen Pregnancy
By age 22, 50% f teen moms have received high school diploma
30% have earned a GED
90% of women who weren’t pregnant in high school received high school diplomas.
Teen fathers have a 25 to 30 percent low probability of graduating.
Only 10% of teen mothers complete two or four year college
Children born to teen parents are at risk for: o Low birth weight o Infant mortality o Giving birth as teen o Behavioral problems o Fostor care placements o High school dropout o Unemployment as an adult
Growing up in poverty, parents with low education levels, single parent families.
Taxpayers pay about $11 billion due to health care and fostor care for teen moms
Teen moms are more likely to comitt suicide due to stress, isolation, and other social factors.
Siblings of teen parents are more likely to become teen parents too.
Teen pregnancy is a hard cycle to break. Daughters of teen moms are less likely to escape poverty.
60% of teen parents come from economically disadvantaged households.
25% of adolescent mothers will have a second child within the first two years of their first child.
Sons of teen moms are more likely to end up in prison
Teen moms are less likely to be married
Teen pregnancy is highest in New Mexico and New Hampshire
There are about 745,000 teen pregnancies each year.
8 out of 10 fathers don’t marry the mother of their child
Absent fathers pay less then $800 annually in child support.
Prevent teen pregnancy by delaying sex and using contraceptives
Abstinence, birth control, contraceptions, and waiting is the best preventions for teen pregnancies
13% of teenagers have had intercourse by 19
7 out of 10 teenagers have had intercourse by 19
Having sex without contraceptives has a 85% chance of becoming pregnant
80% used condoms during their first intercourse
1 in 3 pregnancies are
30% have earned a GED
90% of women who weren’t pregnant in high school received high school diplomas.
Teen fathers have a 25 to 30 percent low probability of graduating.
Only 10% of teen mothers complete two or four year college
Children born to teen parents are at risk for: o Low birth weight o Infant mortality o Giving birth as teen o Behavioral problems o Fostor care placements o High school dropout o Unemployment as an adult
Growing up in poverty, parents with low education levels, single parent families.
Taxpayers pay about $11 billion due to health care and fostor care for teen moms
Teen moms are more likely to comitt suicide due to stress, isolation, and other social factors.
Siblings of teen parents are more likely to become teen parents too.
Teen pregnancy is a hard cycle to break. Daughters of teen moms are less likely to escape poverty.
60% of teen parents come from economically disadvantaged households.
25% of adolescent mothers will have a second child within the first two years of their first child.
Sons of teen moms are more likely to end up in prison
Teen moms are less likely to be married
Teen pregnancy is highest in New Mexico and New Hampshire
There are about 745,000 teen pregnancies each year.
8 out of 10 fathers don’t marry the mother of their child
Absent fathers pay less then $800 annually in child support.
Prevent teen pregnancy by delaying sex and using contraceptives
Abstinence, birth control, contraceptions, and waiting is the best preventions for teen pregnancies
13% of teenagers have had intercourse by 19
7 out of 10 teenagers have had intercourse by 19
Having sex without contraceptives has a 85% chance of becoming pregnant
80% used condoms during their first intercourse
1 in 3 pregnancies are