"Beliefs" on pregnancy of teenage girls VS "real reality"

ByJustin van Zyl

"Pregnancy of a teenager girl" has been viewed as a problem in recent years, and in the United StatesReality showAs much as it is made. But in fact, how many girls are pregnant in their teens? Tested in the UKNational Bureau of StatisticsIt is open to the public and helps to correct people's "beliefs".

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There are the following tests on the website, and it is now possible to check "How much my thoughts are away from reality?" The question is "How many people are pregnant among 100 girls under 16 years of age?" As the number of green girls increases as you move the slide, "SUBMIT" if it matches "this kind of thing" Click. This time I tried to set it to "18 people".


Then the green girls steadily declined ... ...


Ultimately to less than one person, 0.5 result. In addition, it seems that the average of answers is 15 people. Click "NEXT".


Next time, "How many people are pregnant among 100 girls under the age of 18?"


Please reflect on the last time and set it to 5 people and press "SUBMIT".


The actual number was 2.5 people.


As a result of checking, I know that many people are watching a lot of girls pregnant in their teens, but in fact, the proportion of girls pregnant in their teens has decreased year by year. The graph below shows the percentage from 1970 to 2014, which shows that the number of girls pregnant at the age of 16 and 18, especially from around 2007, is decreasing.


Reasons why teenage pregnancies tend to be decreasing are "government efforts," "rising educational levels of girls", "negative taste gained in relation to" teenage pregnancy ", etc. Is considered. Indeed, since 1999 the British government has launched policies for pregnancy in teenagers and has made various attempts, such as setting guidance on sex and relationships, making it easy to use sexual health services, etc. It was.

However, there are differences according to the area. For example, in Britain, Harrogate generally had a lower pregnancy rate of a teenage girl than in the whole UK ... ...


In Preston it turns out that it is increasing trend.


In the center of LondonCity of LondonIn recent years the declining trend in recent years is quite remarkable, nearly 6% of pregnancies in teens have been reduced compared with 1997.


There are also many teenagers who often say "Recent young people", but in realityIt is far more exemplary than the parent generationIt is indicated by data, and it seems that a biased perspective is also being carried out for teenage pregnancies.