Teen birth rate hits all-time low, led by 50 percent decline among Hispanics and blacks, By Ariana Eunjung Cha, April 28, 2016, Washington Post: “The birth rate among American teenagers, at crisis levels in the 1990s, has fallen to an all-time low, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The decline of the past decade has occurred in all regions in the country and among all races. But the most radical changes have been among Hispanic and black teens, whose birth rates have dropped nearly 50 percent since 2006…”
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