Try out PMC Labs and tell us what you think. Learn More. Limited research has explored how socioeconomic opportunities influence childbearing among Latina adolescents. We conducted in-depth interviews with 65 pregnant foreign- and U.
Survey delves into high birth rate for young Latinas
Pregnancy Intentions and Teenage Pregnancy Among Latinas: A Mediation Analysis
CNN -- She had many plans for the future: to go to college, start a career, meet the man of her dreams, raise a family -- when the time was right. Expert: "There's a big disconnect between pregnancy rates and what Latina families want and value. It was all cut off by an unexpected pregnancy. The baby became her life, consuming her energy and forcing her dreams to the back burner of her life.
Hispanic Teens Continue To Face Highest Rates Of Teen Pregnancies
This was originally posted on Latin Post. In a study released earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that Hispanics had the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in the U. Per 1, Hispanic teens aged 15 to 17 years old, the birth rate was Carla Galindo, behavioral scientist for the CDC, said the birth rate among Hispanic teens has decreased, but they still rank the highest in teen pregnancies based on ethnicity. Seventeen percent of Native American and Alaskan Native teens became pregnant and
In , a total of , babies were born to women aged 15—19 years, for a birth rate of This is another record low for U. Although reasons for the declines are not totally clear, evidence suggests these declines are due to more teens abstaining from sexual activity, and more teens who are sexually active using birth control than in previous years. Still, the U. Teen birth rates declined from to for most racial groups and for Hispanics.