Residential Density, Parents’ Sexual Activity and Teenage Sexual Behavior in Yogyakarta

Is Teenage Sexual Behavior Rational?’

We evaluate the applicability of a decision making framework to the teenage contraceptive and sexual behavior of 1032 Philadelphia teenagers. We examine three reasons why the decision making perspective may not apply in this domain: (a) because the decision makers are teenagers, (b) because the decision concerns sexual behavior, and (c) because the costs of contraception and abstinence are imme...

Teenage Sexual and Reproductive Behavior in Deveoped Countries

Teenage Sexual and Reproductive Behavior in Developed Countries

Teenage Sexual and Reproductive Behavior in Developed Countries

United States that teenage pregnancy and birth levels are too high. Despite dramatic decreases in teenage pregnancy rates and birthrates in the United States over the past decade, this country still has substantially higher levels of adolescent pregnancy, childbearing and abortion than in other Western industrialized countries. Moreover, teenage birthrates have declined less steeply in the Unit...

Teenage Sexual Health

Recent reports have drawn attention to the increasing prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the UK. This trend has been most apparent in young people aged 16-19. STIs are associated with several potentially serious health outcomes, including infertility and cervical cancer. This briefing describes recent trends in the sexual health of 16-19 year olds, discusses potential contr...