Question

Research has found that teenage pregnancy can result in

a reduced chance of having children who have learning difficulties.

higher than average lifetime earnings.

a reduced likelihood of finishing high school.

a reduced chance of death during childbirth.
Question at position 2
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Multiple Choice
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Question at position 2

Which of the following statements concerning suicide is correct?

The risk of suicide decreases with the use of drugs and alcohol.

Underpopulated areas have lower rates of suicide than do overpopulated areas. c. Males are more likely than

Males are more likely than females to attempt suicide

Males are more likely than females to succeed at suicide.
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3

Multiple Choice
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Question at position 3

Adolescence in American society generally includes the ages between

11 and 15.

12 and 19.

13 and 16.

13 and 21.
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Multiple Choice
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Question at position 4

One factor that encouraged the rise of dating was

coeducational schools.

the American Revolution.

the development of television. the American Revolution.

movement away from cities.
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Multiple Choice
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Question at position 5

Under the traditional system of dating, men who dated probably

shared the costs with their dates.

went out with groups of friends.

waited to be asked out by women friends.

paid the expenses of the dates themselves.

Answer 1

1) a reduced likelihood of finishing high school.
- Teen pregnancy is associated with lower rates of high school completion.

2) Males are more likely than females to succeed at suicide.
- Females attempt suicide more often, but males have higher completion rates (more lethal methods).

3) 12 and 19.
- Adolescence is commonly defined roughly as ages 12–19.

4) Coeducational schools.
- Bringing boys and girls together in school helped enable mixed-gender socializing and dating.

5) paid the expenses of the dates themselves.
- Traditional dating norms had men typically paying for dates.