Risking the future : adolescent sexuality, pregnancy, and childbearing / Panel on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing, Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council ; Cheryl D. Hayes, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing.

Contributor:

Hayes, Cheryl D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenage mothers--United States.

Teenage mothers.

Teenage pregnancy--United States.

Teenage pregnancy.

Teenage pregnancy--United States--Prevention.

Youth--Sexual behavior--United States.

Youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1987-

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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? This volume reviews in detail the trends in and consequences of teenage sexual behavior and offers thoughtful insights on the issues of sexual initiation, contraception, pregnancy, abortion, adoption, and the well-being of adolescent families. It provides a systematic assessment of the impact of various programmatic approaches, both preventive and ameliorative, in light of the growing scientific understanding of the topic.

Contents:

""Risking The Future""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Summary""; ""PRIORITIES FOR POLICIES AND PROGRAMS""; ""Goal 1: Reduce the Rate and Incidence of Unintended Pregnancy Among Adolescents, Especially Among School-Age Teenagers""; ""Goal 2: Provide Alternatives to Adolescent Childbearing and Parenting""; ""Goal 3: Promote Positive Social, Economic, Health, and Developmental Outcomes for Adolescent Parents and Their Children""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DATA COLLECTION AND RESEARCH""; ""Program Evaluation Research""; ""Data Collection""

""Research on Adolescent Sexual and Fertility Behavior"" ""Experimentation""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM""; ""THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS""; ""PUBLIC POLICIES TOWARD ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AND CHILDBEARING""; ""THE CHARGE TO THE PANEL""; ""A CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK""; ""STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT""; ""2 Trends in Adolescent Sexuality and Fertility ""; ""ADOLESCENTS IN THE UNITED STATES""; ""Marriage""; ""Schooling""; ""Employment""; ""THE POPULATION AT RISK OF PREGNANCY""; ""Fecundity""; ""Sexual Activity""; ""Contraceptive Use""; ""Estimating the Population at Risk of Pregnancy""

""PREGNANCY AND ITS RESOLUTION"" ""Pregnancy""; ""Births""; ""Abortion""; ""Marriage Before Childbearing (Legitimation)""; ""Adoption""; ""Nonmarital Childbearing""; ""Future Projections""; ""DATA ISSUES""; ""Surveys""; ""Record Systems""; ""Data From Service Programs""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""3 The Societal Context ""; ""FAMILY CHANGES""; ""Family Structure""; ""Patterns of Marriage""; ""Patterns of Women's Employment and Unemployment""; ""Family Income""; ""SOCIETAL CHANGES""; ""Poverty Status""; ""Women's Roles and Norms of Sexual Behavior""; ""Youth Culture""

""Technological Change: Television"" ""CONCLUSION""; ""4 Determinants of Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Decision Making ""; ""DETERMINANTS OF ADOLESCENT SEXUAL ACTIVITY""; ""Individual Characteristics""; ""Family Characteristics""; ""Peer Group Influence""; ""DETERMINANTS OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE""; ""Age at Initiation""; ""Nature of the Relationship""; ""Academic Aspirations and Achievement""; ""Knowledge of Reproduction and Contraception""; ""Acceptance of One's Own Sexuality and Attitude About Contraception""; ""Developmental Characteristics""; ""Parental Support and Controls""

""DETERMINANTS OF ABORTION"" ""Unintendedness""; ""Academic Aspirations and Achievement""; ""Contraceptive Use""; ""Family Characteristics""; ""Peer Influences""; ""Access to Abortion Services""; ""DETERMINANTS OF MARRIAGE BEFORE CHILDBEARING (LEGITIMATION)""; ""Race and Socioeconomic Status""; ""Age""; ""Availability of Financial Assistance""; ""DETERMINANTS OF ADOPTION""; ""DETERMINANTS OF NONMARITAL CHILDBEARING""; ""Race""; ""Attitudes Toward Nonmarital Childbearing""; ""Poverty and Unemployment""; ""Availability of Financial Assistance""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""5 Consequences of Adolescent Childbearing ""

Notes:

Includes bibliographies and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786610221905

9781280221903

1280221909

9780309542630

0309542634

9780585032160

0585032165

OCLC:

923267358