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FWIW the CDC blamed it on the recession.
I'm scratching my head over this one.
Well, the trend line has been on the decline since 1990. So unless we have been a perpetual state of recession for the past 21 years, I find the recession excuse highly unlikely.
Although, it would appear that in the past teen pregnancy actually increased during recessions.
FWIW the CDC blamed it on the recession.
I'm scratching my head over this one.
Pardon me in laughing, but like you, I am scratching my head after I finished laughing. I guess when the economy is good, teens say, Oh Hell I have the money to support a kid, lets go make one.
Maybe teenagers finally figured out how to use condoms?
or maybe other forms of birth control? Maybe some learned how to just say "no" and some found out how easy it is to get an abortion. I hope it wasn't the last reason.
I wonder if the abortion numbers went up ?
Just came to light that the CDC is going to deep six the abortion report.
The very interesting part of this whole story is that the abortion numbers reported by the CDC all those years were taken from the reports of that Guttmacher group and so are these numbers. Now that left leaning organization may be credible to many lefties but certainly not to me.
From your link: The birth rate of girls ages 15 to 19 was 39.1 births per 1,000 in 2009, according to data from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The birth rate remained steady or dropped among girls ages 15 to 17 in every state except West Virginia.
You think that 39.1 births per 1,000 girls aged 15-19 is acceptable?
The US is still highest in the industrialized world.
I actually think MTV's "16 and Pregnant" and "Teen Mom" had something to do with. I read an article where it said 80% of teens had seen the show at least once, and while it makes being a teen mom look glamorous sometimes, there are plenty of times when the girls on it have doors closed to them that would be open were they not teen moms.
I know it sounds crazy, but I really do think that if 80% of teens have seen the show, it could have something to do with the falling teen birth rate.
Pardon me in laughing, but like you, I am scratching my head after I finished laughing. I guess when the economy is good, teens say, Oh Hell I have the money to support a kid, lets go make one.
Yeah, I can see how the recession would make married couples in their 20s and 30s postpone having a kid for a couple years, but I seriously doubt the recession would have any effect on the teen birth rate.
From your link: The birth rate of girls ages 15 to 19 was 39.1 births per 1,000 in 2009, according to data from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The birth rate remained steady or dropped among girls ages 15 to 17 in every state except West Virginia.
You think that 39.1 births per 1,000 girls aged 15-19 is acceptable?
The US is still highest in the industrialized world.
Interesting perspective.
Teenage pregnancy (per capita) (most recent) by country (http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_tee_pre_percap-health-teenage-pregnancy-per-capita - broken link)
Teen births in the US have fallen continuously from a high of 115 per 1,000 in 1990 to 39 today. A 66% reduction seems like a move in the positive direction to me..
(By the way your "perspective" numbers are from 1998...)
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