Only in PH: Teen pregnancy rising | Inquirer News

Only in PH: Teen pregnancy rising

03:54 AM July 08, 2016

THE UN Population Fund (UNFPA) says the Philippines is the only country in the Asia-Pacific region where the rate of teen pregnancies rose over the last two decades.

A study says teen pregnancies, high youth unemployment and the slow decline of the overall fertility rate in the Philippines may deprive the country of the faster economic growth.

UNFPA country representative Klaus Beck said on Tuesday that Filipino girls aged 15 to 19 make up 10 percent of the population of 100 million, and one out of 10 of them have already given birth.   AP

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