Racial and Class Differences in Teenage Pregnancy and Childbearing Rates

question 2

Multiple Choice

Racial and class differences in teenage pregnancy and childbearing rates are due primarily to:

• A) The amount of sexual activity of poor and minority teens as compared to middle class whites
• B) Differences in the likelihood that sexual activity will result in a pregnancy
• C) Poor and minority teens have greater physical ability to get pregnant because they develop early
• D) Moral values of poor and minority teens as compared to middle class whites

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