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U.S. states whose residents have more conservative religious beliefs on average tend to have higher rates of teenagers giving birth, a new study suggests.

The relationship could be due to the fact that communities with such religious beliefs (a literal interpretation of the Bible, for instance) may frown upon contraception, researchers say. If that same culture isn't successfully discouraging teen sex, the pregnancy and birth rates rise.

Mississippi topped the list for conservative religious beliefs and teen birth rates, according to the study results, which will be detailed in a forthcoming issue of the journal Reproductive Health. (See the full top 10 below.)

However, the results don't say anything about cause and effect, though study researcher Joseph Strayhorn of Drexel University College of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh offers a speculation of the most probable explanation: "We conjecture that religious communities in the U.S. are more successful in discouraging the use of contraception among their teenagers than they are in discouraging sexual intercourse itself."

The study comes with other significant caveats, too:

The same link might not be found for other types of religious beliefs that are perhaps more liberal, researchers say. And while the study reveals information about states as a whole, it doesn't shed light on whether an individual teen who is more religious will also be more likely to have a child.

"You can't talk about individuals, because you don't know what's producing the [teen birth] rate," said Amy Adamczyk, a sociologist at the City University of New York, who was not involved in the current study. "Are there just a couple of really precocious religious teenagers who are running around and getting pregnant and having all of these babies, but that's not the norm?"

Strayhorn agrees and says the study aimed to look at communities (or states) as a whole.

"It is possible that an anti-contraception attitude could be caused by religious cultures and that could exert its effect mainly on the non-religious individuals in the culture," Strayhorn told LiveScience. But, he added, "We don't know."

Bible states

Strayhorn compiled data from various data sets. The religiosity information came from a sample of nearly 36,000 participants who were part of the U.S. Religious Landscapes Survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life conducted in 2007, while the teen birth and abortion statistics came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

For religiosity, the researchers averaged the percentage of respondents who agreed with conservative responses to eight statements, including: ''There is only one way to interpret the teachings of my religion," and ''Scripture should be taken literally, word for word."

They found a strong correlation between statewide conservative religiousness and statewide teen birth rate even when they accounted for income and abortion rates.

For instance, the results showed more abortions among teenagers in the less religious states, which would skew the findings since fewer teens in these states would have births. But even after accounting for the abortions, the study team still found a state's level of religiosity could predict their teen birth rate. The higher the religiosity, the higher was the teen birth rate on average.

John Santelli of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University calls the study "well-done," adding that the results are not surprising.

"The index of religiosity is tapping into more fundamentalist religious belief," Santelli said. "I'm sure there are parts of New England that have very low teen birth rates, which have pretty high religious participation, but they're probably less conservative, less fundamentalist type of congregations."

Other factors that may have been important to consider include ethnic backgrounds of state residents, according to Adamczyk, the City University of New York sociologist.

"We know that African American women on average tend to underreport their abortions, which means they could also underreport the likelihood that they got pregnant," Adamczyk said. "If you're dealing with states with a high number of African American wome, you might run into that problem."
Adamczyk's own, separate research has shown a nearly opposite correlation, at the individual level. "What we find is that more religious women are less likely to engage in riskier sex behaviors, and as a result they are less likely to have a premarital pregnancy," Adamczyk said during a telephone interview. But for those religious teens who do choose to have premarital sex, they might be more likely to ditch their religious views and have an abortion, she has found.
Cause and effect?
Adamczyk says the idea that anti-contraception principles could be behind the link is controversial, as studies on the topic have varied results. "The idea is that in the heat of the moment, a young woman who has said, 'I'm going to be a virgin on my wedding night,' is with her boyfriend and she says 'Let's just do it.' And since they didn't plan it, nobody has a condom. And so it increases their chances of a pregnancy," Adamczyk said.
Earlier marriage among religious individuals could also partly explain the finding.
"In the south, there is a higher rate of marriage of teenagers. And one possible explanation is just that in the southern states, which are also more religious, people just get married earlier and have planned pregnancies and those have perfectly good outcomes," Strayhorn said. He added that he doesn't think the earlier marriage idea explains the religion-birth link.
Top 10 states with highest teen birth rates:
Mississippi New Mexico Texas Arkansas Arizona Oklahoma Nevada Tennessee Kentucky Georgia
Top 10 most conservatively religious states:
Mississippi Alabama South Carolina Tennessee Louisiana Utah Arkansas North Carolina Kentucky Oklahoma



What do you expect from people who take advice from Sarah Palin.... now, lets follow suite, and go burn down Trojan's headquarters.... they are the cause!!!!!
 
Serves the religious parents right. They deserve it when they think it's a good idea to raise their teens to be repressed at a time where their bodies are growing and yearning for some...release.
 
Serves the religious parents right. They deserve it when they think it's a good idea to raise their teens to be repressed at a time where their bodies are growing and yearning for some...release.

not only that, but to condem birth control, such as the pill, and condems...

I would like to say, that the Darwin effect would happen, and this type of people would just die off... but clearly, the opposite is happening.... damn, we screwed...
 
Mississippi topped the list for conservative religious beliefs and teen birth rates, according to the study results, which will be detailed in a forthcoming issue of the journal Reproductive Health. (See the full top 10 below.)


Oh crap my state....bloody hell
 
not only that, but to condem birth control, such as the pill, and condems...

I would like to say, that the Darwin effect would happen, and this type of people would just die off... but clearly, the opposite is happening.... damn, we screwed...

You're not familiar with modern medicine, are you?
 
also... if these girls dressed like the girls at the Lutheran school I went to for a year

Plad skirts, thigh high stockings, with just a little thigh skin showing, and the white blouse that's begging to soaked with water.... who can blame the guys.... I'd be all over that like fat on Harry Knowles
 
people who think sex is wrong should be raped then killed
 
hey, I've been around people who beleive medicine doesn't work and it's all in god's hands...

That's not what I'm referencing. I'm talking about how modern medicine has stopped human evolution in regards to Darwin's theories.
 
This applies to guys too. One of my best friends is the son of a preacher. And he has the most sex out of anyone one I know.
 
More proof that religion is the bane of humanity.

Large numbers are the bane of humanity. Anytime you get a large amount of humans together, either through religion, politics, the internet, etc. you get rampant stupidity.
 
I live in a predominently Mormon town, my high school had tons of Mormons and during their school years all the girls were repressed and whatnot, but as soon as they got outta mommy and daddy's grasp they were hump happy. They should educate about sex a bit better that way there's not an explosion of repressed hormons all at once causing pre-marital birthings.
 
The rodent has wisdom.

Thanks Uper. :yay:

Though I do agree that Religious parents do need to be more open with their kids about it. I wish my parents had been more open. I don't want my kids finding everything out through the internet or other kids at school. I want to be able to answer whatever questions they have.
 
abortions for no one

booooooooooooooo

abortions for al

booooooooooooo

hmmm, abortions for some, minature American flags for others

*applause
 
yeah finding out through the internet is no bueno. Makes your expectations a bit high.
 
not only that, but to condem birth control, such as the pill, and condems...

I would like to say, that the Darwin effect would happen, and this type of people would just die off... but clearly, the opposite is happening.... damn, we screwed...

What's this Darwin effect? Darwin was liar, a man in the sky created the world in 6 days, 6,000 years ago.
 

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