TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council A2 - Sandra L. Hofferth A2 - Cheryl D. Hayes TI - Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing, Volume II: Working Papers and Statistical Appendices SN - 978-0-309-07786-6 DO - 10.17226/946 PY - 1987 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/946/risking-the-future-adolescent-sexuality-pregnancy-and-childbearing-volume-ii PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Behavioral and Social Sciences AB - More than 1 million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly half give birth. Why do these young people, who are hardly more than children themselves, become parents? The statistical appendices and working papers for the report Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing provide additional insight into the trends in and consequences of teenage sexual behavior. ER -