Socioeconomics and ethnic diversity as potential influences on teen pregnancy, abortion and birth rates in 48 states.

Significant correlations are marked in bold type (* significant at p1The % teen population variables are measures of the ethnic diversity of the states. Please note the teen pregnancy, abortion and birth data (per 1000) reflect the behavior of all teens in each state: they are not limited to the behavior within that particular ethnic teen population (see Table 5).