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Teen Pregnancy Quiz

1. How many teens get pregnant in the United States each year?
     approximately 1.1 million

2. How many teens in the United States get pregnant each day?
     over 3000 per day

3. Which state has the highest teen pregnancy rate?
     Texas

4. What percentage of 15 year olds are sexually active?
      25%

5. What percentage of these 15 year olds use contraceptives?
     30%

6. Of teens who become pregnant, what percentage of them will become pregnant again within 2 years?
     30%

7. If present trends continue, what percentage of today's 14 year old girls will be pregnant while they are still a teen?
     40%

8. Of teens who become pregnant, what percentage of them will drop out of high school?
     60%

9. Why might a teen mom drop out of school?
     (Discussion)

10. When a teen mom becomes pregnant what are her three options?
     1. parenting;   2. abortion;   3. adoption
     Discussion: Ask why teens would make these choices.

11. List these choices in the order you believe they are most "popular".
      1. parenting (50%);  2. abortion (48%);  3. adoption (2%)

12. What percentage of teens, who marry because of pregnancy will eventually divorce?
      90%

13. Of the guys who get a teen girl pregnant, what percentage of them will eventually leave the girl to raise the baby by herself?
     85%

14. Why might a guy abandon a girl and his baby?
     (Discussion)

15. Do you think it is important for a child to have a mother and a father? Why or why not?
     (Discussion)

16. What percentage of juveniles in state jails are from fatherless homes?
     70% or more

17. What percentage of teen mothers go on welfare within their baby's first four months of life?
     70%

18. Why might a teen mom have to go on welfare after having a baby?
     (Discussion)

19. What is the average cost of prenatal and delivery of a newborn child?
     $6,000 to $10,000

20. What is the average cost to provide for a child's first year of life?
     $10,000

21. List two DISadvantages and two ADvantages to each of the following:
      Abortion;     Parenting;     Adoption
     Discussion

22. What do you think is the youngest age of a teen Gladney has worked with?
     12 years old
     (Do you think a 12 year old is ready to be a mom?)

23. What does it take to be a good mom?
     Discussion

24. What have you learned about adoption?
     Discussion