The price of promiscuity; Birth rate statistics do not tell the whole story HOWARD SUN Edition
Howard County may be more affluent, but its suburbanite teen-agers are like teens anywhere else in America. They are subject to the same cultural influences that have made teen-age pregnancy a problem in urban settings. What is different about Howard County is that more of its teen-agers can afford...
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| Published in | The Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Baltimore, Md
Tribune Publishing Company, LLC
26.01.1996
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| Online Access | Get full text |
| ISSN | 1930-8965 |
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| Summary: | Howard County may be more affluent, but its suburbanite teen-agers are like teens anywhere else in America. They are subject to the same cultural influences that have made teen-age pregnancy a problem in urban settings. What is different about Howard County is that more of its teen-agers can afford abortions. In 1993, the latest year with available statistics, the county had a pregnancy rate of 15.1 per 1,000 among females ages 10 to 19, but a birth rate among the same group of only 7.6 per 1,000. |
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| ISSN: | 1930-8965 |