Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Some high schools in the United States offer a program for pregnant and parenting teens to continue their education. [35] A 2007 study found that when teen parents stay in school after being pregnant, they have a better chance of graduating high school. [36] In 2016, less than 2% of teen moms earn a college degree by age 30. [14]
For the last twenty years, abstinence rates among American adolescents have risen. The percentage of high school students in the US who reported that they have ever had sexual intercourse dropped from 54.1% in 1991 to 47.8% in 2007, [5] 43% in 2011 [25] and 39.5% in 2017. [4]
The only exception is for schools located in counties where the pregnancy rate exceeds 19.5/1,000 for females aged 15-17, which by 2018 data, includes at least 20 counties in our state.
The rates of teenage pregnancy may vary widely within a country. For instance, in the United Kingdom, the rate of adolescent pregnancy in 2002 was as high as 100.4 per 1000 among young women living in the London Borough of Lambeth, and as low as 20.2 per 1000 among residents in the Midlands local authority area of Rutland.
This is a list of U.S. states, federal district, and territories by total fertility rate. Total Fertility Rate by U.S. state in 2021 according to the Center for Disease Control & Prevention Fertility rate by State 2008 - 2020
But in every state reporting high school graduation rates by gender, research shows female students graduate at higher rates. More than 45,000 fewer boys than girls graduated high school in 2018, ...
Teen birth rates in the U.S. are at an all-time low, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The birth rate among 15- to 19-year-olds in 2022 was 13. ...
[18] Although 61% of U.S. private and public high schools taught about contraceptive efficacy, only 35% required instruction on teaching students how to properly use a condom. Within the demographic of United States public and private high schools which taught pregnancy prevention, the average time spent in class teaching this topic was 4.2 hours.