By age 30, only 1.5 percent of women who had pregnancies as a teenager have a college degree The daughters of teen mothers are 22 percent more likely than their peers to become teen mothers
In teen girls who are from an African ethnicity, the number is higher and accounts for about one in four cases. In teen girls who are from a Hispanic ethnicity, the number is higher than the teen girls from a black ethnicity and accounts for about one in three cases.
It is true that the teen pregnancy and birth rate was much higher prior to 1980 (and especially in the 1950s and 1960s), but at the time young women were getting married and having children before the age of 20. Most of the teen pregnancies occurring before 1980 were to married women; now most of today’s teen mothers are...
Teen mothers that give birth share 11% of total births in the whole country. As per the Family First Aid, the rate of teenage pregnancy costs the U.S a whopping 7 million dollars annually! 2 out of those 10 teens don’t receive medical care. Around 85% of teen pregnancies are unplanned.
Even though the teen pregnancy rate has declined over the past few decades, the fact of the matter is that the United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate of the Western industrialized world.
Only 38% of teen mothers age 15-17 earn a high school diploma. By age 30, only 1.5 percent of women who had pregnancies as a teenager have a college degree. 80 percent of unmarried teen mothers end up on welfare. 50% of teen mother’s go on welfare within the first year.
50% of teen mother’s go on welfare within the first year. The daughters of teen mothers are 22 percent more likely than their peers to become teen mothers. Sons of teenage mothers have a 13 percent greater chance of ending up in prison as compared to their peers.
72% of teens surveyed agreed that teens that are sexually active should have access to birth control. 73% of teens surveyed feel that being a virgin should not be embarrassing. 58% of teens surveyed feel that high-school age teens should not be sexually active.
16 million girls ages 15-19 give birth each year. Global birthrate among 15-19 year old girls is 49 in 1,000. Complications of pregnancy is the 2nd highest cause of death in 15-19 year old girls. 3 million 15-19 year old girls have unsafe abortions every year. The U.S. has twice the teen pregnancy rate as Canada.