In the US‚ teen pregnancy rates have been decreasing in the last decade even though current rates remain twice as high as those found in other industrialized nations (Alan Guttmacher Institute‚ 1994). In spite of decreasing rates‚ among African American teenagers‚ the pregnancy rate is particularly high. In 1996‚ the pregnancy rate was 178.9 per thousand among African-American females aged 15 to 19 years‚ compared with a pregnancy rate of 82.6 among whites (Alan Guttmacher Institute‚ 1999). Additionally
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Persuasive Essay Teen pregnancy is something that has been around for ages‚ and isn’t all that uncommon. As of 2006‚ out of a million teens between the ages 15-19 three quarters of them end up pregnant every year. Out of all those teens‚ only a very few planned on becoming teen mothers. Through my interviews I have learned just how difficult and life changing becoming pregnant and having a baby as a teen can be. The best thing for teens to do is wait to have a baby‚ because having a baby this young
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Singapore Statistics from the Malaysia Welfare Department for this year‚ from January to April 2010‚ reported that 111 unmarried young girls were pregnant. The figure‚ however‚ is just the tip of the iceberg as many cases go unreported and pregnancies terminated. It also reported in New Straits Times on 23rd July 2010‚ the body of a baby girl found in a bag at a bus stop near the Sultan Ismail Hospital‚ Johor Bahru in the morning. Also there a baby found buried. New Straits Times on 18th July
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN MALAYSIA Introduction News headlines such as “The trials of teen mothers” and “Teen probed for throwing baby from window” can be seen in our papers every other week as we are faced with the ever-growing problem of teenage pregnancy. In most reported cases‚ these hapless young women even attempt to abandon their new-borns in the most harrowing ways. Sexuality without social maturity often leads to pregnancy. These mothers are at high risk of not finishing school which often
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN BARANGAY SAWANG CALERO CEBU CITY ____________________________________________ An Undergraduate Thesis Proposal Presented to the Faculty of Languages and Literature Department College of Arts and Sciences Cebu Technological University‚ Main Campus M.J. Cuenco Ave. corner R. Palma St. Cebu City ________________________________________________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement in Fundamentals in Developmental Research & Extension Engl 5A _____________________________________________________
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Focal length of convex length Aim: to investigate how to measure the focal length of a convex lens‚ by using the lens equation: 1/f=1/u+1/v * Independent variables: * Screen * lens * Dependent variables: * distance between the source of light and the lens “V” which is “X” value * distance between lens and the screen “ Y value” * Controlled variables: * ruler * screen size * source of light * Hypothesis: When the lens is displaced further away from the
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PROJECT IN RESEARCH II NATIONAL DANCE OF VIETNAM Submitted by: Pamela Vel B. Marpa Section: II-Discipline Submitted to: Michael Vincent R. Galestre July 31‚ 2012 Mua Sap (Bamboo Dance) Mua Sap (Bamboo Dance) originally from the Highland region of Vietnam‚ this popular dance was performed to celebrate special event‚ such as New Year’s Day. A series of bamboo sticks are set up in a line‚ with the people holding them in place on either side. Dancers move in and out of
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Population 103‚775‚002 (July 2011 est.) Age structure 0-14 years: 34.6% (male 17‚999‚279/female 17‚285‚040) 15-64 years: 61.1% (male 31‚103‚967/female 31‚097‚203) 65 years and over: 4.3% (male 1‚876‚805/female 2‚471‚644) (2011 est.) Median age total: 22.9 years male: 22.4 years female: 23.4 years (2011 est.) Population growth rate 1.873% (2011 est.) Birth rate 24.98 births/1‚000 population (2011 est.) Death rate 4.98 deaths/1‚000 population (July 2011 est.) Net migration rate
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Tupou Sia Mr. Daniel Chang Health 150/ Sec 2 01/27/2014 Reaction Paper Stress Stress is a normal or general physical and emotional state that accompanies the stress response‚ and a physical and emotional reactions to a stressor‚ that any physical or psychological event or condition that produces physical and emotional reactions. I could only think of the last time I have faced the most significant stress I ever discover‚ and to be honest I was really young at that time‚ maybe it was fourteen
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Dr. Jose P. Rizal that “Youth is the hope of our Mother land”. In their hand lies the future generation to follow. But as we see from the situation nowadays‚ what were expecting from the youth is the contrary if the saying. Teenagers are prone to pregnancy. Almost every year there is a rapid increase on the number of pregnant youths. One of the major causes of this problem are that most of the youths nowadays grew up in broken homes. Parents either the father or mother of the youths chose to leave
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