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Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the authors examine the association between contraceptive use patterns in teens' first sexual relationships and their knowledge of, perceptions of, and motivations for contraception and pregnancy prevention. Results from logistic regression analyses show that knowledge, perceptions, and motivations surrounding sexual activity and contraception are indeed important predictors of contraceptive outcomes, and they influence males and females differently. For both genders, perceived ease of access to contraceptives is associated with increased odds of ever using contraception and using contraception consistently. For males, greater perceived condom knowledge is associated with increased odds of ever using contraception. For females, higher levels of actual reproductive health knowledge is associated with increased odds of ever using contraception, and holding negative views of pregnancy and having greater contraceptive self-efficacy are both associated with increased odds of consistent contraceptive use. Keywords: contraception; psychosocial factors; adolescence

The ability of the opportunity cost framework to predict the risk of a teen birth is tested by analyzing the relationship between adolescents' perceptions of opportunity and the odds of a teen birth across levels of community opportunity. Patterns of this relationship are compared across African American, Latina, and White teens and across socioeconomic status (SES) level. High educational expectations protect Whites, Latinas, and low-SES teens from low-opportunity communities from a teen birth. Keywords: adolescent fertility; community opportunity; perceptions of opportunity

The article reports on the development of the Manhood 2.0 program by the Promundo organization and University of Pittsburgh. Topics mentioned include the importance of the program in encouraging men to talk about masculinity, gender norms, and pregnancy prevention, the effects of several environmental factors including peer pressure, racial discrimination, and socioeconomic deprivation in gender norms that affects sexual behaviors, and the use of hormonal birth control to prevent pregnancy.