Numerous social marketing campaigns exhort parents to talk to their children about sexual abstinence and pregnancy … less strict parents, whose mothers gave birth as teenagers, or whose mothers communicate more about sex are more likely to … from mothers who were themselves teen mothers actually increases the probability a daughter has had sex. -- parental sex …

In this paper, we examine whether a friend or older sibling's teen pregnancy impacts one's own sexual behavior. We … sharp timing of the end of a peer's pregnancy to analyze the evolution of sexual behavior. We find that those who observe a … peer's teen pregnancy change their sexual behavior after the event to put themselves at lower risk of their own teen …