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Voices for California views on teen pregnancy from different ethnic groups: Get Real About Teen Pregnancy; Los Angeles, California.


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: Get Real About Teen Pregnancy is a state-wide public education campaign in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). . The campaign is run by Ogilvy Ogilvy may refer to:
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In late 2002, the campaign commissioned a public opinion poll of more than 1,300 adults in California representing several different ethnic backgrounds. The poll was designed to assess attitudes and opinions regarding teen pregnancy and related issues.

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The research focused on adults representing various ethnic backgrounds including African-American, Caucasian Caucasian or Caucasoid: see race. , Filipino, Latino, and Vietnamese (human language) Vietnamese - An Asian language that, like other CJKV languages, requires 16-bit character encodings but, unlike them, does not use Han characters.

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. These groups were chosen based on their percentage in the overall population and rates of teen pregnancy in each community.

The following charts are reprinted from Voices For California: Findings in Brief, a report published in April 2003. They provide a good example of how opinions about teen pregnancy vary throughout different communities. To read the report in its entirety The whole, in contradistinction to a moiety or part only. When land is conveyed to Husband and Wife, they do not take by moieties, but both are seised of the entirety.  or find more information, visit the campaign's web site at www.letsgetreal.org.
Percentage of respondents who believe that helping their teen prevent
pregnancy is very important compared to other issues.

African-American   88%
Caucasian          59%
Filipino          100%
Latino             90%
Vietnamese         62%

Note: Table made from bar graph.

Percentage of respondents who feel information is accessable.

African-American  80%
Caucasian         86%
Filipino          59%
Latino            70%
Vietnamese        56%

Note: Table made from bar graph.

Percentage of respondents who feel sex education should start in the
6th or 7th grade.

African-American  85%
Caucasian         87%
Filipino          82%
Latino            84%
Vietnamese        78%

Note: Table made from bar graph.

Percentage of respondents who feel it is important to make
contraceptives available.

African-American  82%
Caucasian         80%
Filipino          77%
Latino            86%
Vietnamese        71%

Note: Table made from bar graph.
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