U.S. Teen Birth Rate
* "U.S. Teen Birth Rate Hits New Low, Still Higher Than Europe's": The U.S. teen birth rate declined 9 percent between 2009 and 2010 to reach a historic low of 34.4 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19, reported the National Center for Health Statistics. But compared with other industrialized countries, the U.S. teen birth rate continues to be among the highest.
* "U.S. Teen Birth Rate Correlates With State Income Equality": In the U.S., girls are more than twice as likely as their Canadian peers to have a child, and nearly six times as likely as Swedish teens. New analyses published by the National Bureau of Economic Research suggest that part of the explanation for high fertility among American teens may be related to surrounding income inequality—the local gap between "haves" and "have nots."