Risking the Future

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 statistical appendices and 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. Table of Contents Front Matter Contents Foreword Preface Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing: An Emerging Research Focus 1 Factors Affecting Initiation of Sexual Intercourse 2 Adolescent Sexual Behavior As It Relates to Other Transition Behaviors in Youth 3 Contraceptive Decision-Making Among Adolescents 4 Teenage Pregnancy And Its Resolution 5 The Health and Medical Consequences of Adolescent Sexuality and Pregnancy: A Review of Literature 6 Social and Economic Consequences of Teenage Childbearing 7 Teenage Fatherhood 8 The Children of Teen Childbearers 9 The Effects of Programs and Policies on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing 10 Estimates of Public Costs for Teenage Childbearing: A Review of Recent Studies and Estimates of 1985 Public Costs References Statistical Appendix Trends in Adolescent Sexual and Fertility Behavior