The Influence of High School Dropout and School Disengagement on the Risk of School-Age Pregnancy.

Used recent longitudinal cohort of eighth graders to examine whether measures of school engagement predicted school-age pregnancy among white, black, and Hispanic teens. Found that high student engagement was associated with postponing pregnancy. Among white and Hispanic teens, dropouts were more likely than others to have school-age pregnancies. Other school engagement measures predicted school-age pregnancies for African-American teens. (KB)