Why is the teen birth rate in the United States so high and why does it matter?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-166

  Kearney, Melissa S ^a   Levine, Phillip B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH RATE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUCED ABORTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RACE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FORECASTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; MARITAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY RATE; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863096330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.26.2.141     Document Type: Article

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