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Recession Upside: U.S. Teen Births Hit All-time Low

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Recession Upside: U.S. Teen Births Hit All-time Low
The U.S. teen birth rate in 2009 fell to its lowest point in almost 70 years of record-keeping — a decline that stunned experts who believe it's partly due to the recession. It was a 6 percent decline from the previous year, and the lowest since health officials started tracking the rate in 1940.

The U.S. teen birth rate in 2009 fell to its lowest point in almost 70 years of record-keeping — a decline that stunned experts who believe it's partly due to the recession.

It was a 6 percent decline from the previous year, and the lowest since health officials started tracking the rate in 1940.

(READ the AP story in the San Francisco Chronicle)

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