Sex on TV and Teen Pregnancy

RAND Study Is First to Link Viewing of Sexual Content on Television to Subsequent Teen Pregnancy

Adolescents who have high levels of exposure to television programs that contain sexual content are twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy over the following three years as their peers who watch few such shows.

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