- In 1 year supplies for raising a baby would cost more than: 1,217 movie tickets,
649 new CD's, two used cars, or 139 new pairs of sneakers. - 4 out of 10 girls get pregnant by the age of 20.
- Only 50% of high school teens have actually had sex.
- A sexually active teen that is not using protection has a 90% chance of pregnancy within one year.
- Less than 1/3 of teenage mothers complete high school.
- 93% of teens and 94% of adults feel that teens should receive strong messages regarding abstinence, but this does not mean abstinence only; just first.
- 23% of adults feel that teens should not be sexually active, nor should they have access to birth control.
- 63% of teens surveyed say that they wished they had waited to become sexually active.
- While adults believe that it is teen friends who most influence decisions concerning sexual behavior, 31 % of teens say that parents are actually most influential.
- 51% of teenage males say they often hear that sex and pregnancy are "not a big deal."
- 83% of teens believe they are getting a clear message that teen pregnancy is wrong.
- 39% of adults believe that it is embarrassing for teens to admit that they are virgins, when in fact only 19% of teens themselves have this same feeling. However, broken down by gender, 24% of males feel that it is embarrassing while only 14% of females agree.
- 88% of teens are determined not to get pregnant, or not to get someone pregnant.
- 64% of teens wish they were receiving more information about abstinence and birth control protection.
- 54% of teens have never thought about how having a child would change their lives.
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