Risking The Future -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Summary -- PRIORITIES FOR POLICIES AND PROGRAMS -- Goal 1: Reduce the Rate and Incidence of Unintended Pregnancy Among Adolescents, Especially Among School-Age Teenagers -- Goal 2: Provide Alternatives to Adolescent Childbearing and Parenting -- Goal 3: Promote Positive Social, Economic, Health, and Developmental Outcomes for Adolescent Parents and Their Children -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DATA COLLECTION AND RESEARCH -- Program Evaluation Research -- Data Collection
Research on Adolescent Sexual and Fertility BehaviorExperimentation -- 1 Introduction -- THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM -- THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS -- PUBLIC POLICIES TOWARD ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AND CHILDBEARING -- THE CHARGE TO THE PANEL -- A CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK -- STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT -- 2 Trends in Adolescent Sexuality and Fertility -- ADOLESCENTS IN THE UNITED STATES -- Marriage -- Schooling -- Employment -- THE POPULATION AT RISK OF PREGNANCY -- Fecundity -- Sexual Activity -- Contraceptive Use -- Estimating the Population at Risk of Pregnancy
PREGNANCY AND ITS RESOLUTIONPregnancy -- Births -- Abortion -- Marriage Before Childbearing (Legitimation) -- Adoption -- Nonmarital Childbearing -- Future Projections -- DATA ISSUES -- Surveys -- Record Systems -- Data From Service Programs -- CONCLUSIONS -- 3 The Societal Context -- FAMILY CHANGES -- Family Structure -- Patterns of Marriage -- Patterns of Women's Employment and Unemployment -- Family Income -- SOCIETAL CHANGES -- Poverty Status -- Women's Roles and Norms of Sexual Behavior -- Youth Culture
Technological Change: TelevisionCONCLUSION -- 4 Determinants of Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Decision Making -- DETERMINANTS OF ADOLESCENT SEXUAL ACTIVITY -- Individual Characteristics -- Family Characteristics -- Peer Group Influence -- DETERMINANTS OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE -- Age at Initiation -- Nature of the Relationship -- Academic Aspirations and Achievement -- Knowledge of Reproduction and Contraception -- Acceptance of One's Own Sexuality and Attitude About Contraception -- Developmental Characteristics -- Parental Support and Controls
DETERMINANTS OF ABORTIONUnintendedness -- Academic Aspirations and Achievement -- Contraceptive Use -- Family Characteristics -- Peer Influences -- Access to Abortion Services -- DETERMINANTS OF MARRIAGE BEFORE CHILDBEARING (LEGITIMATION) -- Race and Socioeconomic Status -- Age -- Availability of Financial Assistance -- DETERMINANTS OF ADOPTION -- DETERMINANTS OF NONMARITAL CHILDBEARING -- Race -- Attitudes Toward Nonmarital Childbearing -- Poverty and Unemployment -- Availability of Financial Assistance -- CONCLUSION
