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At the time of the study, Sonya S. Bonnie L. We examined the social and emotional consequences among adolescents of refraining from sexual activity oral or vaginal sex and whether these consequences differed over time and by gender and sexual experience. The percentage of adolescents who reported only positive consequences e.

Not a MyNAP member yet? Register for a free account to start saving and receiving special member only perks. It should not be surprising that adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa, who have the highest rates of fertility for their age in the world, face probably the highest risks of pregnancy-related mortality, of delivery complications, and of premature births or low-birthweight babies. Teenage pregnancy in Africa also has important social and economic outcomes, the most highly publicized of which stem from lost educational opportunities when pregnancy forces young women to leave school. Because there has been. While early childbearing in some cases leads to higher child and maternal mortality, it is quite reasonable to assume that it has important effects on population levels and growth, especially in populations that appear to be governed largely by natural fertility. Given what we know about the diversity of African populations, two potential effects of early age at first birth could operate to increase population growth rates.

By Douglas J. Besharov and Karen N. As a result, there will be about 1 million pregnancies, resulting in , abortions, , miscarriages and , live births.

Search How to Titles Subjects Organizations. This chapter discusses some of the problems associated with sexual activity in young people, and examines why and how complications arise. It also suggests how young people, especially young women, can be helped to avoid problems related to sexual activity.