A culture of young motherhood: Teen pregnancy remains an issue in Santa Cruz County – California (part 1 of 2)
Tagged: birth rate, California, HIV, latina, teen pregnancy, WatsonvillePosted on: March 22nd, 2007“Watsonville shoulders much of the burden of teen pregnancy in Santa Cruz County. In 2005, four of every five births to county teens aged 15 to 19 were to Pajaro Valley girls, according to the Community Assessment Project report.
Meanwhile the countys overall teen birth rate has dropped dramatically since 1996, more than 18 percent. But the bulk of the decline is in Santa Cruz. During the same 10 years, Watsonvilles decline has been barely noticeable. “
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