[Clintonfatigued]

This is surprising. Also, the teen pregnancy has fallen to its lowest rate in some 60 years. Everyone is pleased by this, but no one knows the reason for it.

[BJ1]

“This is surprising. Also, the teen pregnancy has fallen to its lowest rate in some 60 years. Everyone is pleased by this, but no one knows the reason for it.”

Well what about all the faux marriages? Man and woman move in together. Basically common law. Could even have children together. I suggest that part of the lower divorce rate is that when these relationships fail, they are not counted. You can argue they aren’t real marriages. But it sure looks like marriage from a certain point of view.

[MrEdd]

There are a multitude of reasons for both of those.

So many serial marriers now just cohabitate.
More people now know someone who regrets the divorce they insisted on.
Divorce lowers your financial stability, and people who might have divorced can't afford to live on one income.

More teens have a broke single mom in their family. The rough time is seen first hand.
There are a depressing number of teens already sterile from HPV and such.
Families where both parents no longer have full time work can supervise their teenagers.

[AuH2ORepublican]

“Also, the teen pregnancy has fallen to its lowest rate in some 60 years. Everyone is pleased by this, but no one knows the reason for it.”

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What do you mean that no one knows the reason for it? For years we’ve known that it’s mostly due to the huge decrease in the number of *married* teenagers having kids (because very few girls get married before the age of 20 anymore).

Then there’s IUDs (much more prevalent today than a decade ago) cutting down on the pregnancy rate, and abortion taking care of the rest (yes, the abortion rate is down, but mostly among women in their 20s and 30s).

There has been a decrease in teenagers engaging in premarital sex in some population segments, but not in the teen population as a whole.