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Teenage Pregnancy and Fatherhood |
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- 80% of teen fathers do not marry the mothers of their first children.
- Children who do not live with their fathers are 5 times more likely to live in poverty than children who live with both parents.
- Teen girls whose fathers are not in their lives are twice as likely to start having sex early as girls whose fathers are present.
- Teen girls whose fathers are not in their lives are 7 times more likely to get pregnant than girls whose fathers are present.
- Teen boys who live with both parents start having sex later than teen boys living in other family situations.
Statistics above taken from: http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/why-it-matters/pdf/fatherhood.pdf
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