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> Teenage pregnancy in the first world has little to do with either sex education or values. i don't know where you get your ideas but they do not jive with ma

> Teenage pregnancy in the first world has little to do with either sex education or values. i don't know where you get your ideas but they do not jive with many more learned observations than yours. http://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Fulltext/2012/03000/Comprehensive_Sex_Education_for_Teens_Is_More.5.as%20%20px http://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Fulltext/2012/03000/Compre... Comprehensive Sex Education for Teens Is More Effective than Abstinence http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1041 http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeatu... National Data Shows Comprehensive Sex Education Better at Reducing Teen Pregnancy than Abstinence-Only Programs http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/250073 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/250073 The Effects of Sex Education on Teen Sexual Activity and Teen Pregnancy http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080319151225.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080319151225.ht... Comprehensive Sex Education Might Reduce Teen Pregnancies, Study Suggests http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3194801/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3194801/ Abstinence-Only Education and Teen Pregnancy Rates: Why We Need Comprehensive Sex Education in the U.S Kathrin F. Stanger-Hall, David W. Hall PLoS One. 2011; 6(10): e24658. Published online 2011 October 14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024658 related: http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/abstinence-only-education-does-not-lead-to-abstinent-behavior/ http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/abstinence-only-educati... Abstinence-only education does not lead to abstinent behavior, UGA researchers find http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2011/11/30/uga-study-higher-pregnancy-rates-in-states-with-abstinence-only-ed-programs-in-schools/ http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2011/11/30/uga-study-... UGA study: Higher pregnancy and birth rates in states with abstinence-only sex ed programs in schools

rayiner 12y ago
I'm not saying abstinence-only education works or works better or as well as comprehensive sex education. Obviously the latter works better. I'm saying that the impact of sex education and access to contraceptives is, beyond a certain threshold, less important than socioeconomic factors: See: http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2012/0522/Teenage-pregnancy-High-US-rates-due-to-poverty-not-promiscuity; http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthoo... http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-muckrakers/2012/07/study-turns-conventional-wisdom-about-teen-pregnancy-and-poverty-on-its-head http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-muckrakers/2012/07/study-t.... Quote from one of the authors of a study cited in the second article: > "The wider that gap is [to the next socioeconomic rung of the ladder] the more likely these young girls are to think, 'You know what? It's so unlikely that I'm going to get there, even if I play by the rules and stay in school,'" said Kearney. "There's less return to making that investment in education, in delaying motherhood. If you're on this low economic trajectory, there's not much cost in having a teen birth. You didn't anticipate going to college or getting married anyway.

rayiner 12y ago

I'm not saying abstinence-only education works or works better or as well as comprehensive sex education. Obviously the latter works better. I'm saying that the impact of sex education and access to contraceptives is, beyond a certain threshold, less important than socioeconomic factors: See: http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2012/0522/Teenage-pregnancy-High-US-rates-due-to-poverty-not-promiscuity; http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthoo... http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-muckrakers/2012/07/study-turns-conventional-wisdom-about-teen-pregnancy-and-poverty-on-its-head http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-muckrakers/2012/07/study-t.... Quote from one of the authors of a study cited in the second article: > "The wider that gap is [to the next socioeconomic rung of the ladder] the more likely these young girls are to think, 'You know what? It's so unlikely that I'm going to get there, even if I play by the rules and stay in school,'" said Kearney. "There's less return to making that investment in education, in delaying motherhood. If you're on this low economic trajectory, there's not much cost in having a teen birth. You didn't anticipate going to college or getting married anyway.