PrintFebruary 6, 2010
Graph of the Day for February 6, 2010
"Data released this week from the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit organization that conducts research on sexual and reproductive health, shows that the teen pregnancy rate rose 3% in 2006, the first increase since the late '80s. The institute, a pro-choice organization, says that abstinence-only sex education programs that took root during the Bush administration are to blame for the increase." The LA Times.
Birth Rates for teenagers 15-19 years in the U.S.: 1991, 2000, 2005 and 2006
Hoven's Index for February 6, 2010
Results of a peer-reviewed study on the chances that teens will have sexual intercourse within two years of receiving some type of sex education (at an average age of 12.2) or not:
Probability for teens that received abstinence-only sex education: 33.5%
Probability for teens that received some other type of, or no, sex education: 48.5%
Statistically significant reduction in chances due to abstinence-only sex education: 33%
Source: The Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Also reported in regular media.
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