The factors that decrease teen pregnancy and
abortion from 1996 - 2005
Submitted to: Miss. Falconer
Submitted by: Jacqueline and Andrea
Date: Wednesday January 12, 2011
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLiXS02Mj
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Teen Pregnancy and abortion is important because
it is a common occurrence that happens in our
every day society.
In Canada from 1996 – 2005 it was estimated that
126, 801 women from ages 15 – 19 have given
birth and 195, 208 have had an abortion.
Factors: Economy
School Drop-Outs
Sexual Abuse
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What factors affect teen pregnancy and
abortion?
We believe that over the 10 year time span
teenage pregnancies have decreased and teenage
abortions have increased.
The factors that have decreased teen pregnancy
and abortions are:
1. The Economy
2. School Drop Outs
3. Sexual Abuse
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1. We collected data from http://www.appletmagic.com/canadagdp.htm in order to find
Canada’s economy’s GDP in units.
2. We collected data from
www.statisticscanada.com in order to find Teen
Pregnancy and Abortions in Canada and the United
States, and also the school drop out (literacy) rates.
3. Using the collected data above we continued by
graphing the statistics and observed the relationship
between the economy, school drop-out and sexual
abuse with the total number of teen pregnancies
and abortions in Canada.
Total Pregnancy & Abortion
40,000
y = -22.267x + 56217
35,000
R² = 0.9683
30,000
Y= 11.824x +25433
R2 = 0.9583
Total Pregnancy &
25,000
Abortion (1996-
20,000
2005)
15,000
Linear (Total
10,000
Pregnancy &
5,000
Abortion (1996-
0
2005))
0
500
1000
Economy GDP
1500
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When looking at the graph we noticed that the
economy compared to teen pregnancy and abortion
has a negative correlation.
We also noticed that because R2 = 0.9683 is closer to
one it has a strong correlation.
By looking at the linear regression equation we
realized that the X-Value (the Economy GDP) in turn
decreases the Y-Value (Teen Pregnancy and Abortion)
Teen Pregnancy/Abortion
40,000
35,000
y = 1583.4x + 12630
30,000
R² = 0.0699
Teen Pregnancy &
25,000
Abortion (1996 -
20,000
2005)
15,000
Linear (Teen
10,000
Pregnancy & Abortion
5,000
(1996 - 2005))
0
0
5
10
School Drop Out (%)
15
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When looking at the graph we noticed that the
economy compared to teen pregnancy and
abortion has a positive correlation.
We also noticed that because R2 = 0.0699 is
closer to zero it therefore has a weak correlation.
By looking at the linear regression we realized that
the X-Value (School Drop Out) increases the YValue (Teen Pregnancy & Abortion).
Total Pregnancy & Abortion
40,000
y = 1.5924x + 9918.4
35,000
R² = 0.1013
30,000
Teen Pregnancy &
25,000
Abortion
20,000
15,000
Linear (Teen
10,000
Pregnancy &
5,000
Abortion)
0
0
5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000
Sexual Abuse
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When looking at the graph we noticed that the
economy compared to teen pregnancy and
abortion has a positive correlation.
We also noticed that because R2 = 0.1013 is
closer to zero it therefore has a weak correlation.
By looking at the linear regression we realized that
the X-Value (Sexual Abuse) relatively increases the
Y-Value (Teen Pregnancy & Abortion).
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We came to a conclusion that both Sexual Abuse
and School Drop Outs rates affect the number of
teen pregnancies a year
We were incorrect in having the economy as a
factor that affects teen pregnancy and abortion
because in reality the higher the economy’s GDP
is, the higher the teenage pregnancies and
abortion numbers are.
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http://www.applet-magic.com/canadagdp.htm
http://www.edtechjourneys.pbworks.com/w/page/
18595147/the-facts-about-internet-sex-abuse-andschools
www.statisticscanada.com