• Teen Birth Rises for First Time in 14 Years (2007)
• Birth Rates in California (includes teen births data) (2007) [PPIC]
• California & Orange County Statistics
• Guttmacher Institute: Publications
• U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity [PDF] September 2006
• Pregnancies, births, miscarriages, and abortions: Facts on American Teens' Sexual and Reproductive Health (2006)
• Trends From 1976-2003 in Pregnancy, Birth and Abortion Rates in Teens 15–17 Years, Source: MMWR, February 4, 2005 / 54(04);100
• Unintended and Teen Pregnancy (current reports) [CDC]
•  Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, 2002 (2004)
• Teens Delaying Sexual Activity; Using Contraception More Effectively (Dec 2004)
• Facts and Stats [National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy]
• Teen Births [FastStats]
• "Teenage Birthrate Hit a Record Low in 2002," Los Angeles Times, July 16, 2004.
• Teenage Births in the United States: State Trends, 1991-2000 (2002) PDF-4 pages
• Teen Pregnancy, Birth and Abortion: Fact Sheet (age & ethnicity data) (2002)
• Teen Pregnancy & Birth Data (2002)
• Births to Teenagers in the United States, 1940-2000 PDF-24 pages
• Trends in Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students --- United States, 1991--2001 (race data & condom use) (2002)
• America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
       Online: HTML
       Print: DOCS/US  PR 42.8:C 43/2003
       Discussion and  statistics including Health Indicators (teen births).
• Trends in Pregnancy Rates for the United States, 1976-97 (2001) PDF-10 pages
• Pregnancy Rates and Outcomes: Trends in Pregnancies and Pregnancy Rates by Outcomes, 1976-1996 PDF-56 pages
• State data: Variations in Teenage Birth Rates, 1991-98: National and State Trends PDF-14 pages
• Trends 1930-1994: Trends in Marital Status of U.S. Women at First Birth: 1930 to 1994 (1998)
• Trends 1976-97: Trends in Pregnancies and Pregnancy Rates by Outcome: Estimates for the U.S. 1976-97 PDF-56 pages | CATALOG RECORD
• Teen Births Drop to Lowest Rate in 60 Years
• Births to Unmarried Mothers, United States, 1980-92 PDF-62 pages | CATALOG RECORD
• Health and Healthcare in the United States: County and Metro Area Data [annual] CATALOG RECORD. Note: Orange County data on page 26 / LA data on page 357, California data on page 19
• Statistical Abstract of the United States [annual]. In INDEX, see "Birth and birth rates." HTML | CATALOG RECORD
• Fullerton, Santa Ana: Births to Teenage Mothers by Cities of 100,000 or More [includes Fullerton and Santa Ana], Vital Statistics of the United States, Volume 1, Natality, 1993. DOCS/US  HE 20.6210:V.1/1993, page 156
• Educational Outcomes: Teenage Pregnancy and the Welfare Reform Debate [educational outcomes for teenage mothers]
• Trends: Trends in the Well-Being of America's Children and Youth (annual)
  • Print: DOCS DESK  HE 1.63:2003 CATALOG RECORD
  • Online: 2003 Internet Version

Online: Gale Virtual Reference Library [CSUF only]

Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence (1998)
REFERENCE HQ772 .G27 1998 CATALOG RECORD 
CSU IRVINE/REF  HQ772 .G27 1998 

Girlhood in America [See Teen Pregnancy] (2000)
REFERENCE  HQ777 .G5745 2001 V. 1-2 CATALOG RECORD

Encyclopedia of Social Issues (1997)
REFERENCE  HN57 .E59 1997 CATALOG RECORD

Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Sourcebook
REFERENCE  RC200.2 .S387 2001 CATALOG RECORD

Statistical Handbook on Adolescents in America (1996)
REFERENCE  HQ796 .S8237 1996 CATALOG RECORD 

• Background & Statistics:
• Trends in the Well-Being of America's Children and Youth (annual)
  • Print: DOCS DESK  HE 1.63: 2003 CATALOG RECORD
  • Online: 2003 Internet Version
• Background & Overview (Green Book):
  Data on Nonmarital Births to Adults and Teenagers and Federal Strategies to Reduce Nonmarital Pregnancies: Appendix M (September 22, 2003) PDF-14 pages
•  Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, 2002 (2004)
• Does Watching Sex on Television Influence Teens’ Sexual Activity? [RAND] (2004)
  Full text: Pediatrics, Vol. 114 No. 3 September 2004, pp. e280-e289
• Trends in Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students --- United States, 1991--2001 (race data & condom use) (2002)
• Teen Pregnancy, Birth and Abortion: Fact Sheet (age & ethnicity data) (2002)  [SIECUS]
• Promoting Responsible Fatherhood [HHS Fact Sheet] (2002)
• Reducing the Risk: Connections That Make A Difference in the Lives of Our Youth PDF-40 pages
• Understanding the Sexual Behavior of Adolescents [RAND] (2002)
  .
• Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting: Findings from a Racially Diverse Sample CATALOG RECORD
• Adolescent Sex, Contraception, and Childbearing CATALOG RECORD
• Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Childbearing CATALOG RECORD
• Beginning Too Soon: Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Pregnancy, & Parenthood CATALOG RECORD
• Best Intentions: Unintended Pregnancy and the Well-Being of Children and Families CATALOG RECORD
• California Strategies to Address Teenage Pregnancy Issue Brief  CATALOG RECORD
• Causes of Poverty, with a Focus on Out-of-Wedlock Births CATALOG RECORD
• Compendium of School-Based and School-Linked Programs for Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents (1999)
• Condom Effectiveness for Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Protection (2000) PDF-49 pages
• Decade of Denial: Teens and AIDS in America CATALOG RECORD
• Fertility, Family Planning, and Women's Health CATALOG RECORD & INTERNET LINK
• Educational Outcomes: Teenage Pregnancy and the Welfare Reform Debate [educational outcomes for teenage mothers]
• How Will We Care for Our Children? Adolescent Pregnancy and Public Policy in California CATALOG RECORD
• Implementation of the Abstinence Education Provisions in the Welfare Reform Act CATALOG RECORD
• Male teens: Involving Males in Preventing Teen Pregnancy [Urban Institute]
• Less Sexual Activity, More Education, Changes in Contraception Key to Declining Teen Birth Rates PDF-2 pages
• Teen fathers: Nurturing Fatherhood: Improving Data and Research on Male Fertility, Family Formation and Fatherhood
• Condom use: Pregnancies Averted by U.S. Teenagers by Use of Condoms (1999)
• Educational Outcomes: School-Based and School-Linked Programs for Pregnant and Parenting Teens and Their Children (1999) [statistics on educational outcomes of teenage mothers]
• Social and Economic Costs of Teen Pregnancy: Hearing CATALOG RECORD
• Strong School, Family Ties Protect Teens from Violence, Drugs, Suicide, and Early Sex PDF-2 pages
• Surgeon General report: Surgeon General's Call to  Action to Promote Sexual Health and Responsible Sexual Behavior (2001) PDF-33 pages
• Risk factors: Teen Mothers: Selected Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Risk Factors CATALOG RECORD
• Teen Parents and Welfare Reform CATALOG RECORD
• Teen fathers: Teenage Fatherhood and Delinquent Behavior CATALOG RECORD
• Congressional hearings: Teenage Pregnancy: Hearings CATALOG RECORD
• Teenage Pregnancy: The Economic and Social Costs CATALOG RECORD
• Trends in Pregnancies and Pregnancy Rates by Outcome: Estimates for the U.S. 1976-97 CATALOG RECORD & INTERNET LINK
• Variations in Teenage Birth Rates, 1991-98: National and State Trends PDF-14 pages
• Welfare to Work: Approaches that Help Teenage Mothers Complete High School CATALOG RECORD
• Contraceptive use: Why is Teenage Pregnancy Declining? The Roles of Abstinence, Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use (1999)
• The Youngest Parents: Teenage Pregnancy as it Shapes Lives CATALOG RECORD

To find articles, search Pollak Library's subscription databases. The links below will take you to a list of relevant databases.

Databases--Statistics
Databases--Current Issues
Databases--Scholarly Journals
Databases--Newspapers
Databases--Government Sources

CQ Researcher articles of note:

• Fatherhood Movement, Jan. 2, 2000
• Encouraging Teen Abstinence, Jan. 9, 1998
• Preventing Teen Pregnancy, May 15, 1993

Articles of special note:    top

"Impacts of Abstinence Education on Teen Sexual Activity, Risk of Pregnancy, and Risk of Sexually Transmitted Diseases," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, v. 27, is. 2, pp. 255-276. Full text available in database Wiley Interscience.

"The Effects of Unintended Pregnancy on Infant, Child, and Parental Health: A Review of the Literature," Studies in Family Planning, v. 39. is. 1, pp. 18-38, March 2008. Available full text in database Wiley Interscience.

"Abstinence-Only and Comprehensive Sex Education and the Initiation of Sexual Activity and Teen Pregnancy," Journal of Adolescent Health, v. 42. is. 4, pp. 344-351 (April 2008). Full text PDF-8 pages.  Also available full text in database Science Direct

Sexually Transmitted Diseases [links to many reports and articles from MEDLINE Plus]

"Seeking to Help Teenage Latinas Avoid Pregnancy," Los Angeles Times, May 19, 2002, Part 2, Page 1. For full text, search Los Angeles Times by Article Title.

Youth Risk Behavior  Surveillance--United States, 2003 [EDIT/Find: sexual behaviors]

Relationship Dynamics, Ethnicity and Condom Use Among Low-Income Women
Family Planning Perspectives [Alan Guttmacher Institute], Volume 32, No. 2, March/April 2000 [Available online only]

"The AIDS Prevention Magic Show: Avoiding the Tragic with Magic"
Public Health Reports, March 1994, vol. 109, no. 2, p. 162
DOCS/US   HE 20.30:109/2 page 162

"Factors Influencing First Intercourse for Teenage Men"
Public Health Reports, Nov 1993, p. 680
DOCS/US  HE 20.30:108/6 page 680

"Youth Beliefs and Knowledge About the Risks of Drinking While Pregnant"
Public Health Reports, Nov/Dec 1995, pp. 754-763
DOCS/US  HE 20.110/6 page 754

• "Abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education and the initiation of sexual activity and teen pregnancy." Journal of Adolescent Health, April 2008, 42(4), 344-351. Available full text in Science Direct.
• Unintended and Teen Pregnancy Prevention [CDC]
• Pregnancy Prevention Publications (multiple reports online)
• Characteristics of Teens' First Sexual Partne (2003, September). [Child Trends—National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy]
• Where and When Teens First Have Sex (2003, June). [Child Trends—National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy]
• Background & Overview (Green Book): Data on Nonmarital Births to Adults and Teenagers and Federal Strategies to Reduce Nonmarital Pregnancies (September 22, 2003) PDF-14 pages
• Adolescent Pregnancy: Policy and Prevention Services (2003) CATALOG RECORD
• Evaluation of Abstinence Education Programs Funded Under Title V, Section 510:  Interim Report (2002)
• Facts and Stats [National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy]
• National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
• Parent-Teen Communication toward the Prevention of Unintended Pregnancies CATALOG RECORD
• Preventing Teen Pregnancy [HHS Fact Sheet] (2002)
• Preventing Teen Pregnancy: Coordinating Community Efforts:  House Hearing CATALOG RECORD
• Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs Linking Research and Practice (2000) [data on program assessment]