Cult Health Sex. 2004 May;6(3):255-72. doi: 10.1080/13691050310001643025.
To explore why teenage pregnancy is regarded by researchers from the USA and UK as a major social problem, a systematic review was conducted of published research on the social influences on teenage pregnancy. Papers published in the USA and UK between 1981 and 2000 were examined with respect to samples, social influences and outcomes. UK studies often justified investigating teenage pregnancy in terms of health. Research from the USA more often viewed teenage pregnancy as problematic because of associated welfare expenditure. A few studies from the USA regarded teenage parenting as mediating the intergenerational transmission of poverty. Such studies often focused on Black and minority ethnic populations. Most research considered economic and cultural influences, with a bias in research from the USA on cultural factors, and in the UK on economic factors. Overall, there were significant differences between research in the USA and UK. These may have arisen from a combination of political, religious and research design factors.
为了探究为什么青少年怀孕在美国和英国的研究人员看来是一个主要的社会问题，我们对有关青少年怀孕的社会影响的已发表研究进行了系统性回顾。我们研究了美国和英国在 1981 年至 2000 年间发表的论文，内容涉及样本、社会影响和结果。英国的研究往往以健康为理由，认为有必要调查青少年怀孕问题。而美国的研究则更多地将青少年怀孕视为一个问题，因为这涉及相关的福利支出。少数来自美国的研究将青少年生育视为贫穷代际传递的中介因素。这些研究往往集中在黑人和少数民族群体。大多数研究考虑了经济和文化因素，而来自美国的研究更侧重于文化因素，来自英国的研究更侧重于经济因素。总的来说，美国和英国的研究存在显著差异。这些差异可能是由于政治、宗教和研究设计因素的综合作用造成的。
