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| by William Atkins | |
| Thursday, 20 November 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 4 The Rand researchers found that “Exposure to sexual content on television predicted teen pregnancy, with adjustment for all covariates.” Featured Whitepaper
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Science DiscussionsShe emphasized, "We found a strong association." [The Washington Post] They found that teenagers that watched large amounts of sex on TV were twice as likely to experience a pregnancy, when compared to teens that watched small amounts of TV sex, in the following three years. The researchers found that 718 of the teenagers (that's approximately 36% of those 2,003 teens) admitted to being sexually active during the study. The results showed that the teens that watched the least amount of sex on TV were involved in a pregnancy only 12% of the time. While the teens that viewed the most sexual content on TV were about 25% likely to be involved in a pregnancy. In addition, 58 girls reported getting pregnant during the survey period, while 33 boys reported being responsible for getting a girl pregnant. Page three provides comments by lead Rand researcher Dr. Chandra. |
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