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How Much Do You Know about Teen Pregnancy?

1. A sexually active teenager who does not use contraception has a ____% chance of pregnancy within one year?

A. 25%
B. 45%
C. 60%
D. 90%

2. How many teens acquire a STD (sexually transmitted disease) each year?

A. 100,000
B. 300,000
C. 1 million
D. 2 million
E. 3 million

3. What country has the highest teen pregnancy rate?

A. Japan
B. United States
C. Canada
D. England
E. Netherlands

4. What percentage of teen mothers complete high school?

A. 20%
B. 30%
C. 50%
D. 70%
E. 90%

5. What percentage of teenagers aged 15-19 report that they have ever had sexual intercourse?

A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 50%
D. 80%
E. 90%

6. Teenagers who start having intercourse following a sex education program are more likely to use contraception than those who have not participated in a program.

True
False

7. Teen mothers under 16 years of age are at risk of hacing a second child within 24 months of a previous birth.

True
False

8. 97% of U.S. Teenagers have had their first kiss by what age?

A. 13
B. 14
C. 15
D. 16
E. 17

9. A majority of teens first learn about sex from their parents.

True
False

10. "Abstinence only" education has been shown to significantly delay the onset of intercourse.

True
False

11. Teens who rate communication with their parents as poor are likely to initiate sex later than those who do not.

True
False

12. Researchers have found parents to be the primary sex educators of children, as less than ____ percent of youth youth report having a comprehensive sex education program in other settings.

A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 30%
D. 40%
E. 50%

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