Latest trends - Teenage Ex-nuptial Births
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September 1997
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Abstract
There have been some concerns that Australian teenage exnuptial births are rising and this article looks at the latest trends in this area. Although the rate has been increasing, it has not been growing as fast as the rate of increase of exnuptial births to older women. Therefore, explains the author, relative to the changing nature of births in Australian society, the teenage exnuptial birth rate has been making a decreasing contribution.
There have been some concerns that Australian teenage exnuptial births are rising and this article looks at the latest trends in this area. Although the rate has been increasing, it has not been growing as fast as the rate of increase of exnuptial births to older women. Therefore, explains the author, relative to the changing nature of births in Australian society, the teenage exnuptial birth rate has been making a decreasing contribution.