Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 BehaviorExperimentation
  • 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 RESOLUTIONPregnancy
  • 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: TelevisionCONCLUSION
  • 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 ABORTIONUnintendedness
  • 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