Has the rate of teenage pregenacay increased within the past 10 to 20 years?

Question

and why has teenage sexual behavior inreased in the past years, what influnces it?

Answer 1

I honestly do not know. But id like to tell you about the teenage girls around here where i live. (Northern Michigan) Well..First i will tell you Im only 17 years old. I have a 1yr old daughter. And i am married. I started my life early.

Anyways..

I have absolutly NO friends at all!!

As soon as i found out i was prego i STOPPED talking to everyone, i seen it as time for me to grow up. Which i did. (couldent handle the drama)

Well i know tons of girls (younger than me) Who are either pregnant, or who aready have kids. Honestly In my tiny town of Gladwin. I would have to say there are about 30-40 teenage girls pregnant here rangeing from the ages 12-16.

Honestly i would have guessed it has gone up.

hmm..

I know my answer does not help.

Lol

Answer 2

I think i actually just read an article yesterday saying that teen pregnancy rates have gone down but 20-somethings rates have gone up significantly...that's a little hope that maybe people are waiting until they are 18-20 something to start having s*x or maybe to start not using protection?

Other than that I think rates are up a lot versus like 10-20 years ago because s*x is everywhere now and parents arn't as connected with their kids as they should be.

Answer 3

s*x is all over the place... t.v., internet, movies, music. Kids are desensitized to it, as well as violence.

Answer 4

Teen s*x and teen pregnancy is the lowest it has been since 1970. Peak teen s*x activity occurred around 1985.

Answer 5

no it's actually gone down.