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By the Numbers Key Data
This one-page summary provides key results from the By the Numbers national report.
 
Costs in Your County
Calculate the costs of teen childbearing in your county, city or neighborhood.
 
Science Says Research Brief
Read a research brief on the costs of teen childbearing
 
By the Numbers Power Point Presentation
Download a Power Point presentation detailing the public costs of teen childbearing.
 
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Download a transcript or audio recording of the By the Numbers conference call.
 
Teen Childbearing and Taxes Conference Call Transcript
Download a transcript of the conference call Teen Childbearing and Taxes: What’s the Connection?
 
What Policymakers Can Do
A resource for policymakers with ideas on how to improve the prospects of children and families and reduce public sector costs associated with teen childbearing.
 

How to Use the Cost Data Within Your Community
A resource with suggestions on how practitioners and advocates can highlight the state costs in their communities.
 
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The "What If?" Project
What if the teen birth rate hadn't declined? What if it had stayed at the 1991 level? Check out the Campaign's 2005 state-by-state analysis.
 
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About By the Numbers

Research closely links teen parenthood to many negative consequences for mothers, fathers, and their children. By the Numbers: The Public Costs of Teen Childbearing documents the public costs of teen childbearing at both the national and state level. Click here to learn more about this project.

This project was made possible by a generous contribution from the William T. Grant Foundation. Dissemination of the research was made possible in part with generous support from Pfizer Inc. For more information about the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, please visit www.teenpregnancy.org.

National Cost of Teen Childbearing

Teen childbearing in the United States costs taxpayers (federal, state, and local) at least $9.1 billion, according to a new report by Saul Hoffman, Ph.D. and published by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Most of the costs of teen childbearing are associated with negative consequences for the children of teen mothers, including increased costs for health care, foster care, and incarceration.
State Costs of Teen Childbearing
For information on the state cost of teen childbearing, select a state below:
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