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Recent Trends in Teenage Pregnancy in England and Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Sue Teper
Sue Teper
Affiliation:
MRC Medical Sociology Unit, Centre for Social Studies, Aberdeen
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Summary

Data published annually by the Registrar General for England and Wales indicate that over the past 10 years the numbers of births—and, since 1968, of legal therapeutic abortions—to teenagers have increased substantially. During much of the same period the fertility of older women declined. This paper examines the recent demographic trends in teenage pregnancy, and compares the fertility of these teenagers with that of older women.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , April 1975 , pp. 141 - 152
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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