Although recent research has contributed greatly to our knowledge of teen pregnancy and the conditions under which girls become parents, the relationship between teen girls' ability to control their reproductive behavior and the prevalence of domestic violence in their sexual relationships has been little explored. Previous work with domestic violence victims seeking to move from welfare to work led us to suspect that domestic violence may be causally related to teen pregnancy, and that this situation would be particularly acute for low-income teens. Therefore, the Center for Impact Research set out to see to what extent pregnancy among low income teens was due to coerced and unprotected sexual relations, sabotage of birth control arrangements and the general pressure to choose between having children and the continuation of the relationship.
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- Chicago Department of Public Health
- Illinois Caucus on Adolescent Health
- Illinois Department of Human Services Bureau of Child and Adolescent Health
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