The National Center for Health Statistics reveal that the birthrate among U.S. teenagers in 1990 had increased for the fourth consecutive year. In that year alone, 533, 484 American girls under age 20 gave birth. Japan and Western Europe have much lower teenage birthrates. For example France's teenage childbearing rate is 6 1/2 times lower than that of the U.S.
Mothers who receive high school diplomas are less likely to attend college than are women who delay childbearing, and college graduates on average earn 40 % more in wages over the course of their lifetimes than those with only a high school education.
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