%0 Book %A National Research Council %T Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing, Volume II Working Papers only %@ 978-0-309-07787-3 %D 1987 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/945/risking-the-future-adolescent-sexuality-pregnancy-and-childbearing-volume-ii %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/945/risking-the-future-adolescent-sexuality-pregnancy-and-childbearing-volume-ii %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %P 364 %R doi:10.17226/945 %X More than 1 million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly half give birth. Why do these young people, who are hardly more than children themselves, become parents? The working papers for the report Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing provide additional insight into the trends in and consequences of teenage sexual behavior.