In the past 25 years, have the teen pregnancy rates increased or decreased?
Teenage pregnancy rates have decreased due to availability of contraception and increased awareness of the risks of teen pregnancy.
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True or False? Complications during pregnancy are more common in teen pregnancies.
True
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Children of teen moms are more or less likely to be born with a low birth-weight then children whose mothers in their 20's and 30's?
Teen moms are more likely to have a low-birth-weight baby than any other aged mother.
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Name two contraceptives to prevent pregnancy.
Condom, birth control pill, patch, Depo-Provera, Contraceptive ring, etc.
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Name one of the two television shows about teenage pregnancy on MTV
1. Teen Mom
2. 16 and Pregnant
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About ___% of teen fathers don't marry the mother of the child.
a) 40%
b) 60%
c) 80%
c) 80%
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What syndrome occurs when a mother drinks during her pregnancy?
Fetal alcohol syndrome
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When a baby is born dead, it is called?
When a baby is born dead, it is called a stillbirth.
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True or False? If you're on birth control, there is no way you can get pregnant.
False, just because you use contraception, doesn't mean it will work 100% of the time.
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What country has the highest rates of teen pregnancy?
The United States
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In what year did teenage pregnancy start to grow rapidly again?
a) 2006
b) 2000
c) 1996
a) 2006
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How can a mother doing drugs affect her baby?
The baby can become addicted to the drugs that their mother is taking.
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Daughters of teen moms are ___% more likely to become a teenage mom themselves because they think it's okay because their mother did it as well.
a) 6%
b) 84%
c) 22%
c) 22%
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True or False? Only 1% of teenage mothers give their baby up for adoption.
True
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___% of teenagers who become pregnant are already married.
a) 13%
b) 21%
c) 39%
b) 21% of teen moms are married when they become pregnant, while the other 79% are not married when they become pregnant.
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True or False? 40% of all teenage pregnancies are unintended.
False. 80% of all teenage pregnancies are unintended.
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How young can a baby be born to be considered pre-mature?
a) Before 16 weeks of pregnancy
b) Before 25 weeks of pregnancy
c) Before 37 weeks of pregnancy
c) Before 37 weeks of pregnancy is a baby then considered to be more pre-maturely.
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One fourth of teen moms will have a second child within _________ of having their first child.
a) 5 years
b) 2 years
c) 10 years
b) 2 years
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In 1997, ___% of teenage pregnancies ended in abortion
a) 54%
b) 71%
c) 11%
a) 54%
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Out of 10 women, how many will have a child before they turn 20 years old?
a) 3
b) 6
c) 4
a) 3 out of 10 women have a child before they turn 20.