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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy
Risking the Future [PDF ebook]
Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing, Volume II Working Papers only

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More than 1 million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly half give birth. Why do these young people, who are hardly more than children themselves, become parents? The working papers for the report Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing provide additional insight into the trends in and consequences of teenage sexual behavior.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 364 ● ISBN 9780309372565 ● Publisher National Academies Press ● Published 1987 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7144835 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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