Teen Pregnancy

Pregnancy remains the number ____ reason girls drop out of high school. 

• One
• Two
• Three 
• Four

Teenage mothers are less likely to have high blood pressure because their hearts are younger.

• True

• False

What is the only way that is 100% effective in protection against pregnancy?

• Condoms.

• Birth Control.

• Abstinence.

• All of the above.

The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate among industrialized nations.

• True

• False

Young mothers are more likely to become anemic (low iron count) when pregnant.

• True

• False

What affects can not having a high school diploma or a college degree have on a teenage parent?

• Finding a job is easy
• They never have to rely on government assistance programs
• Limits lifelong earning potential

Which of the following is true?

• Babies that are born to teenage parents are less likely to grow up in poverty

• Babies that are born to teenage parents are more likely to grow up in poverty

• Babies that are born to teenage parents are more likely to get high paying jobs when they grow up

• Babies that are born to teenage parents are more likely to do well in school

Over 80% of people who have a baby before 18 will live in poverty.

• True

• False

Nearly ____ of fathers of children born to teen mothers do not marry the mothers. 

• 20%
• 80%
• 45%
• 50%

Teens are more likely to have  fewer complications during pregnancy than older women.

• true
• false