TEEN PREGNANCY QUIZ

1. Teen pregnancy costs the United States at least $7 billion a year.

True

False

2. Four out of 10 girls in the USA will become pregnant at least once before they reach age 20.

True

False

3. Eight out of 10 teenage pregnancies are unintended (accidental).

True

False

4. More than 90 percent of teens who give birth are unmarried.

True

False

5. The younger a teen girl is the first time she has sex, the more likely it is that she was raped.

True

False

6. 80 percent of teen mothers end up on welfare.

True

False

7. Only one in three teen mothers ever receives her high school diploma.

True

False

8. Children of teen moms have more birth defects and are more likely to perform poorly in school.

True

False

9. Daughters of teen mothers are 22 percent more likely to become teen mothers themselves.

True

False

10. Sons of teenaged mothers are 13 percent more likely to end up in prison.

True

False

11. Pregnancy is easily preventable through abstinence (no sex) or the proper use of contraceptives.

True

False

12. It is possible to get pregnant without ever having intercourse.

True

False

13. Three quarters of teen girls who have have sex do it because they think their boyfriends want it.

True

False

14. 80 percent of teen girls who have had sex say they wish they waited until they were older to do it.

True

False

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