Human Growth and Development / Unit 9 HGD 1234 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Falling Teen Birth Rate
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The idea
The US teen birth rate has fallen since nineteen ninety-one, reaching twelve point six births per thousand females aged fifteen to nineteen in twenty twenty-four.
In practice
The decline spanning every racial and ethnic group tracked by federal statistics.
Where people slip
Likely causes include contraception, sex education, access to family planning and less sexual activity.
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