Back to Top Research shows that the sexual behaviors of mothers when they were young may be similar to their child's behaviors. Poverty and education are also associated with teenage pregnancy. Researchers have found that later onset of intercourse among adolescents is associated with higher levels of parental education and family income. Age of first date is related to age of first intercourse. By delaying dating until age 13, the percent decreased to 56 percent.
Research shows that sexual abuse among adolescent females is strongly related to teenage pregnancy.
Sexual abuse increases teenage risk-taking and, thus pregnancy. Adolescents living in poverty are more likely to initiate sexual intercourse at an earlier age and are more likely to become pregnant than middle-class teens. Risk factors for early sexual activity and early unplanned pregnancy. Teens who come from families where the mother or another sibling had a pregnancy during adolescence increases the teen's risk of adolescent pregnancy. Risk factors for early sexual activity and early unplanned pregnancy.