Positive Trends Recorded in U.S. Data on Teenagers
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Fewer high school students were having sex and more were using condoms in 2005, according to the latest government report on the well-being of the nationâs children.
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NEW YORK  - Getting teenagers more active   in school life may lower the odds that they will smoke, drink,   use drugs or have sex, a new study suggests.
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Elementary and middle schoolers posted solid gains in math and more modest improvements in reading in national test results released Tuesday.
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Description: The US Census Bureau releases new data that shows the number of Americans living in poverty rose last year by 1.3 million people.
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A study pins declining US teenage pregnancy rates on better use of contraception - not abstinence.
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Two new research papers offer evidence that there is a growing happiness gap between men and women.
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In recent testing by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Alberta teens placed in the top three for their scores in math, reading and science.
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YOUNG Americans are less sexually active now than their counterparts of the mid-1990s and are using contraceptives more regularly, a study out this week found.
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NEW YORK  - When it comes to defining good health, low-income teenagers may put more stock in mental well-being than wealthier teens do, a new study suggests.
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More children in the United States are living in a household with at least one working parent and fewer teens than ever are having babies, the annual federal report on children has found.
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By Tracey Wong Briggs  Half of all high school students get news online at least once a week, but teens rate TV the easiest-to-use news source -- and the most accurate, says a study out today.
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For blogs and bloggers, 2004 was a good year, according to data released from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
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The use of surgery to treat obesity  has increased greatly among U.S. adolescents in recent years,  with the number of operations tripling from 2000 to 2003,  according to a study published on Monday.
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The first "map" of teen sexual behavior gives new meaning to the old warning that you don't just have sex with a person, but with everyone that person ever had sex with, researchers said on Monday.
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WASHINGTON A new survey of American teens shows it&#39;s not just a cliche -- sex and drugs often do go together.
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A recently released study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project states that Internet users have become more aware of their digital footprint.
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Some statistics on American life as Election Day nears, compared with four years earlier.