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Peer reviewedHayward, Mark D.; And Others – Social Science Quarterly, 1992
Reports on a study to determine how socioeconomic status influences adolescent premarital pregnancy. Finds that African Americans' risk of pregnancy is heightened by both contraceptive behavior and exposure to sexual intercourse. Also finds that the mother's educational level is a powerful inhibitor of pregnancy for both African Americans and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Black Mothers, Blacks
Download full textGriffiths, Curt Taylor, Ed. – 1987
Northern youth increasingly find themselves in a state of crisis--separated from family and community for the purposes of further education, exposed to the temptations of alcohol and drug abuse and facing the prospect of underemployment, they often come into contact with the justice system at an early age. Fascinated by and indoctrinated with the…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adolescent Development, Alcoholism, American Indian Education
