PSYCH 3AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Peer Pressure, Problem Gambling, Nicotine
15 Jun 2015
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. in canada women are becoming mothers later. approximately 2. 5% of teenage girls become pregnant. the teen pregnancy rate in canada is substantially lower than in the us or britain. one factor could be that fewer canadian teens are having sex. 8% of teens under 15 have had sex, whereas similar surveys suggest 20% of us teens under 15 have had sex. canadian teenagers who become pregnant are also more likely to choose abortion than. American or british teens (slightly more than 50% percent of adolescent pregnancies are electively terminated), . reducing the rate of teenage motherhood even further. still, nearly 1 in 20 sexually active teenage girls gets pregnant in canada. Period of relative great physical risk new morbidity and mortality. Lots of risk taking behaviours are taken place. s e l f - inflicted and other-inflicted. illegal drug use in adolescence is very common, but declined slightly in recent years.
