Sexually active but not pregnant: a comparison of teens who risk and teens who plan
Jones, J.B.; Philliber, S.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence 12(3): 235-251
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0047-2891 PMID: 12312163 DOI: 10.1007/bf02090989Document Number: 265070
In a departure from the more traditional interest in pregnant adolescents, the characteristics of a clinic sample of adolescent and mostly minority women who have been sexually active for at least 1 yr and have never been pregnant were described. Within this group, only 36% were consistent contraceptive users while the others had only sporadically or never used contraception. More importantly, rather than being quite different from one another, these young women had the same stated motivations for avoiding pregnancy. Adolescents may lack cognitive consistency on this subject and that clinic counselors must not rely on the stated motivations of adolescents to avoid pregnancy.
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