2. Dependent Variable
• Teen Pregnancy, is pregnancy by a female, age 13 to 19, which is
understood to occur in a girl who hasn’t completed her core education—
secondary school—has few or no marketable skills, is financially
dependent upon her parents, and/or continues to live at home and is
mentally immature.
3. Independent Variables
• Birth rate-the proportion of births to the total
population in a place in a given time, usually
expressed as a quantity per 1000 of
population.
• Abortion rate-
• percent Caucasian