Analyze research statistics available on the following websites, comparing adolescent pregnancy rates in the United States to other countries. What differences do you see? What might explain these differences? What changes do you see over time? What could be done to improve the statistics?
https://www.guttmacher.org/report/pregnancies-births-abortions-in-united-states-1973-2016
https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/adolescent-pregnancy-and-its-outcomes-across-countries
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/adolescent-pregnancy
reply 1 tonya (60 words)
Once difference I saw was that in the US births among teens 15-19 have gone down while older women from 30-40 have gone up. I think this has to do with the fact that more women are getting an education and getting good jobs so they are starting families later in life to enjoy being single and able to go out and have fun and enjoy their youth more. The teens are getting easier access to birth control and condoms and so they are better able to practice safe sex and not get pregnant. Those that do are able to get an abortion if they want since it’s no longer illegal to do so long as it’s done before a certain gestational time frame (Zimel, 2020). In other countries the numbers are different based on their cultures. In many countries the birth rates are associated with the poor social and economic conditions of the mother. The less education and money they have for resources like birth control and abortion or even schooling that teaches them about how not to get pregnant the more likely they are to become pregnant (Guttmacher, 2015). Countries like Pakistan or Ethiopia have earlier marriage ages like 15, so they will obviously become pregnant sooner than say a teen in the US. I think the change in the US numbers vs other countries has to do with accessibility to birth control measures. Even a rich kid can get pregnant and that has to do with knowledge. The text said that parents who speak openly about sex and answer questions honestly will more likely help their child from getting pregnant. They will give them the knowledge they need rather than finding it online or from their friends where it’s often unreliable or just wrong information (Crooks, 2020). I think as these other countries begin getting better access to birth control and allowing abortion, they numbers will drop there also.
reply 2 destiny (60 words)
(Guttmacher Institute, 2016) As we reviewed in previous chapters, contraceptives use among adolescents is increasing. Rates of adolescent childbearing have dropped significantly in many countries over the past few decades. Although many strong economic countries have seen a decrease, many lower class countries still remain the same. There is a correlation between teen pregnancy with poor social and economic conditions, compromising education and economic opportunities in women. According to recent studies Romania has the highest rate of pregnancy.. Despite major declines in recent decades the U.S. teen pregnancy rate is still the highest in the developed world. Although England isn’t the highest in pregnancies’, it is the highest in abortion rates. Across all countries there is little difference in the level of sexual activity among adolescents, but there is substantial variation in contraceptives. Allowing more resources to contraceptives has been linked to higher levels of contraceptive use. (WHO, 2020) Although many resources are now available some girls are under pressure to marry and bear children early. In less developed countries, 39% of girls marry before the age of 18 and 12% before 15. Many of these countries women choose to become pregnant because of limited education and employment. Adolescents who want to avoid pregnancy may not be able to due to lack of
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