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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1987
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 pages)
• Disciplina: 306.7/088055
• Soggetto topico: Teenage mothers - United States; Teenage pregnancy - United States; Teenage pregnancy - United States - Prevention; Youth - Sexual behavior - United States
• Altri autori: HayesCheryl D
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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 ""
• Titolo autorizzato: Risking the future
• ISBN: 1-280-22190-9; 9786610221905; 0-309-54263-4; 0-585-03216-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778785203321
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