If that question offends, it shouldn't - it's true.  By every measurement, poor people start having kids younger and have more kids than rich ones - and the teen birthrate in the U.S. is higher than in any other developed nation.

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Why?

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In this unit, you will start by identifying your own assumptions and the cultural "conventional wisdom" about poor teens, then dive into real demographic and anthropological research about poverty, pregnancy, and birth.  You'll end by writing an essay in which you answer the big question, and propose real strategies that might help combat what many see as a persistent problem.

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