| Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing, Volume II Working Papers Only Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc (Author), Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309077877 ISBN-13: 9780309077873 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $81.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1987 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Physical Information: 364 pages |
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| Publisher Description: More than 1 million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly half give birth. Why do these young people, who are hardly more than children themselves, become parents? The working papers for the report Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing provide additional insight into the trends in and consequences of teenage sexual behavior. |