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Pre-20th century

 * According to a study, 9.7 percent of teen girls and 0.5 percent of teen boys at ages 15-19 years old were married in 1890.

1940s-1950s

 * After World War 2, there was a significant increase in teen marriage. During the 1940s, nearly 12 percent of teen girls between the ages of 15 and 19 years old were married. This number increased to over 17 percent by the 1950s.

1960s

 * More teen girls were getting married than boys. A study found that 32.1 percent of teens girls at ages 18-19 were married while only 8.9 percent of teen boys got married.

1970s

 * Less teenagers got married. Only 11.9 percent of girls and 4.1 percent of boys ages 15-19 got married in 1970.

Literature
In a 2001 study, seventeen pieces of literature were analyzed them to find messages that were most commonly associated with teen pregnancy and parenthood. The following eight messages were found:


 * Don't have unprotected sex even once!
 * Most mothers keep their babies.
 * Having a baby may put your education on hold, but you can still achieve your goals.
 * When you are pregnant, you are on your own.
 * For guys, sex is about fun. For girl, sex is about...
 * Young women have to live with consequences, young men don't.
 * Teen pregnancies do not mandate marriage.
 * Teens from "troubled homes," or their partners, are more likely to become pregnant.

Early parenthood and pregnancy is a motivation to dropout. An article stated that early parenthood was the number one cause for school dropout in teen girls, as thirty percent of teen girls said pregnancy as the reason why they dropped out.