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Teen birth rate hits record low
Fewer high school students are having sex these days, and more are using condoms. The teen birth rate has hit a record low. More young people are finishing high school (effect), too, and more little kids are being read to (cause), according to the latest government snapshot on the well-being of the nation's children. It's good news on a number of key wellness indicators, experts said of the report being released Friday. "The implications for the population are quite positive in terms of their health and their well-being," said Edward Sondik, director of the National Center for Health Statistics. In a separate article: "Likewise, only 16 percent of stay-at-home moms say they'd prefer to work full-time. That's down from 24 percent a decade ago. Nearly half of at-home moms say not working at all is ideal, up from 39 percent in 1997." If the desire by mothers to spend more time at home (with their kids) is matched by more of them actually doing so, then I think we may have another cause for the lower teen birth rate effect. Posted by: Glenmore 2007-07-13 |
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