53 percent of Latinas get pregnant in their teens, about twice the national average.
WTF. I figured it was quite a bit higher, but 53 percent REALLY!!!!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/19/latinas.pregnancy.rate/index.html
The survey also found that:
• 74 percent of Latino teens believe that parents send one message about sex to their sons and a different message altogether to their daughters, possibly related to the Latino value of machismo.
• Latino teens believe that the most common reason teens do not use contraception is that they are afraid their parents might find out.
• 72 percent of sexually experienced teens say they wish they had waited.
• 34 percent of Latino teens believe that being a teen parent would prevent them from reaching their goals, but 47 percent say being a teen parent would simply delay them from reaching their goals.
• 76 percent said it is important to be married before starting a family.
WTF. I figured it was quite a bit higher, but 53 percent REALLY!!!!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/19/latinas.pregnancy.rate/index.html
The survey also found that:
• 74 percent of Latino teens believe that parents send one message about sex to their sons and a different message altogether to their daughters, possibly related to the Latino value of machismo.
• Latino teens believe that the most common reason teens do not use contraception is that they are afraid their parents might find out.
• 72 percent of sexually experienced teens say they wish they had waited.
• 34 percent of Latino teens believe that being a teen parent would prevent them from reaching their goals, but 47 percent say being a teen parent would simply delay them from reaching their goals.
• 76 percent said it is important to be married before starting a family.
You need more free birth control in your country.
Sounds wild. My parents first intervention was throwing me out soon as I turned 16 