Global declines in adolescent childbearing related to national income, education expenditures

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that an important explanation for declining rates of global adolescent fertility is rising national wealth and expenditures on education. Income inequalities were associated with higher adolescent birth rates, and slower rates of decline in adolescent birth rates.

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