Transcript If you don't use any form of contraception/protection when you have sex, what are your chances of becoming pregnant within one year? A.

If you don't use any form of
contraception/protection when
you have sex, what are your
chances of becoming pregnant
within one year?
A. 10%
B. 28%
C. 67%
D. 85%
If you don’t use any form of
contraception/protection when
you have sex, what are your
chances of becoming pregnant
within one year?
B. 85%
If you have unprotected sex, you
have an 85 percent chance of
becoming pregnant within one year.
Source: Hatcher, R.A., Trussell, J., Stewart, F., Cates, W., Jr., Stewart, G.K., Guest, F., & Kowal, D. (1998).
Contraceptive technology: Seventeenth revised edition. New York: Ardent Media, Inc.
How many girls become pregnant at
least once by the time they are 20
years old?
A. 5 %
B.10 %
C.35%
D.50%
How many girls become pregnant
at least once before the age of 20?
35%
About 35 percent of girls in the United States
will become pregnant at least once
before the age of 20 -- 850,000 a year.
Many teen mothers go on to have more children –
about one-fourth of teen mothers have a second child
within 24 months of the first birth
Source:
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. (2003). How is the 35% Statistic Calculated? Washington:
Author. Henshaw, S.K. (2003). U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics with Comparative Statistics for Women Aged 20-24.
New York: The Alan Guttmacher Institute.
What percentage of teen mothers
get their high school diploma?
A. 32%
B. 43%
C. 51%
D. 73%
E. 88%
What percentage of teen mothers
get their high school diploma?
32%
Less than one-third of teens who have
children before age 18 ever get their
high school diploma and only 1.5%
obtain their college degree by the age
of 30.
Source:
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. (1997). Whatever Happened to Childhood?
The Problem of Teen Pregnancy in the United States. Washington, DC: Author.
Most teen fathers marry the
teen mothers of their first child.
TRUE
FALSE
Most teen fathers marry the teen
mothers of their first child.
FALSE
Only about 20% of the fathers marry
the teen mothers of their first children.
Source: Brien, M.J., & Willis, R.J. (1997). "Costs and Consequences for the Fathers," in R.A. Maynard (ed.),
Kids Having Kids: Economic Costs and Social Consequences of Teen Pregnancy (pp. 95143), Washington, DC:
The Urban Institute Press.
Most fathers of the babies born to teen
mothers pay child support for the baby.
TRUE
FALSE
Most fathers of the babies born to
teen mothers pay child support for
the baby.
FALSE
On average unmarried teen fathers
pay less than $800 annually for child
support -- that is less than $16 a week.
Source: Brien, M.J., & Willis, R.J. (1997). "Costs and Consequences for the Fathers," in R.A. Maynard (ed.),
Kids Having Kids: Economic Costs and Social Consequences of Teen Pregnancy (pp. 95143), Washington, DC:
The Urban Institute Press.
What percentage of unmarried teen mothers
begin receiving welfare within 5 years of the
birth of their first child?
10%
28%
45%
78%
What percentage of unmarried teen mothers
begin receiving welfare within 5 years of the
birth of their first child?
10%
28%
49%
78%
Almost 1/2 of unmarried teen mothers go on
welfare within the first year of the birth of their
first child.
Within five years after the birth of their first child,
over ¾ of unmarried teen mothers are
receiving welfare.
Maynard, R.A. (Ed.). (1996). Kids Having Kids: A Robin Hood Foundation Special Report On the Costs of Adolescent
Childbearing. New York: Robin Hood Foundation.
Each year the federal government (that’s you)
spends _________ to help families that began
with a teenage birth.
$10 million
$50 million
$5 billion
$40 billion
Each year the federal government (that’s you)
spends $40 billion to help families that began
with a teenage birth.
Drinking alcohol/taking drugs
increases the chance that you will
become pregnant or get a sexually
transmitted disease.
TRUE
FALSE
Drinking alcohol/taking drugs
increases the chance that you will
become pregnant or get a sexually
transmitted disease.
TRUE – Under the influence you
are more likely to do things you
might not normally do…
like have unprotected sex!
More likely to be born with a disability
T
F
More likely to repeat a grade in school
T
F
More likely to score lower on standardized tests
T
F
Less likely to complete high school
T
F
More likely to become teen mothers themselves
T
F
More likely to live in poverty
T
F
More likely to be born with a disability
TRUE
More likely to repeat a grade in school
TRUE
More likely to score lower on standardized tests
TRUE
Less likely to complete high school
TRUE
More likely to become teen mothers themselves
TRUE
More likely to live in poverty
TRUE
Maynard, R.A. (Ed.). (1996). Kids Having Kids: A Robin Hood Foundation Special
Report On the Costs of Adolescent Childbearing. New York: Robin Hood Foundation.
More likely to be born with a disability
More likely to repeat a grade in school
More likely to score lower on standardized tests
Less likely to complete high school
TRUE
TRUE
TRUE
TRUE
Children of teen mothers are more likely to be born
prematurely and at low birth weight, which raises the
chances of blindness, deafness, mental retardation,
cerebral palsy, and other disabilities.
Children of teen mothers are 50 percent more likely to
repeat a grade. They also perform lower on standardized
tests and ultimately they are less likely to complete high
school than children of mothers who waited to have a
baby.
Maynard, R.A. (Ed.). (1996). Kids Having Kids: A Robin Hood Foundation Special Report On the Costs of Adolescent
Childbearing. New York: Robin Hood Foundation.
Hack M et al., Outcomes in young adulthood for very-low-birth-weight infants, New England Journal of Medicine,
2002, 346(3): 149-157.
More likely to become teen mothers themselves
TRUE
More likely to live in poverty
TRUE
The daughters of teen mothers are
22 percent more likely to become
teen mothers themselves
Sources:
Wolfe, B., & Perozek, M. (1997). "Teen Children's Health and Health Care Use."
In R.A. Maynard (Ed..), Kids Having Kids: Economic Costs and Social Consequences of Teen Pregnancy,(pp. 181-203).
Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press.
Maynard, R.A., (Ed.). (1996). Kids Having Kids: A Robin Hood Foundation Special Report on the Costs of Adolescent
Childbearing. New York: Robin Hood Foundation.
Most teens who have had sex say they
wish they had waited
TRUE
FALSE
Most teens who have had sex say they
wish they had waited
TRUE
In a recent poll conducted by the
National Campaign, 63 percent of teens
who have had sexual intercourse said
they wish they had waited.
55 percent of teen boys
70 percent of teen girls
Source: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. (2002). With One Voice 2002:
America's Adults and Teens Sound Off About Teen Pregnancy. Washington, DC: Author.
In the time it took you to fill out this
questionnaire, 3 teenage girls in the
United States will have become pregnant.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
One teenage girl gets pregnant
every minute in the USA
In a recent survey of high school girls
what percentage have a sexually
transmitted disease?
5%
15%
25%
40%
50%
At least 25% of teens have a sexually transmitted
disease.
Only half of the girls in the study acknowledged
having sex, but of those who admitted having sex
40% had an STD
The average difference between what a
high school DROPOUT and a high school
GRADUATE earns over a lifetime is
$50,000
$190,000
$330, 000
$586,747
$580,000
The average difference between what a
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE and a COLLEGE
OR TECH SCHOOL GRADUATE earns over a
lifetime is
$50,000
$190,000
$330, 000
$589,305
$580,000
OVER A LIFETIME
High school DROPOUT . . .
$ 513,240
High school DIPLOMA . . .
$ 1,099,987
Some COLLEGE or VOTECH
training after high school . . .
$ 1,689,292
Master’s Degree or more
Professional White Collar . . .
$ 2,201,555
WOULD YOU BET ON BLUE?
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WOULD YOU BET ON BLUE?
If you don’t use any form of
contraception/protection when
you have sex, what are your
chances of becoming pregnant
within one year?
B. 85%
If you have unprotected sex, you
have an 85 percent chance of
becoming pregnant within one year.
Source: Hatcher, R.A., Trussell, J., Stewart, F., Cates, W., Jr., Stewart, G.K., Guest, F., & Kowal, D. (1998).
Contraceptive technology: Seventeenth revised edition. New York: Ardent Media, Inc.
WOULD YOU BET ON BLUE?
15% NOT
PREGNANT
85%
PREGNANT !
EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTRACEPTIVES
(Number of pregnancies)
PERFECT USE
ACTUAL USE
BIRTH
CONTROL PILL
0.1
3-8%
CONDOMS
3%
12%
ABSTINANCE
0%
0%
85%
85%
NO
CONTRACEPTION