Are pregnant teens more or less likely to finish college, are there any statistics on this, where?

I can't find statistics anywhere online.

Are pregnant teens more or less likely to finish college, are there any statistics on this, where?
Teen mothers are less likely to complete high school (only one-third receive a high school diploma). Only 1.5% have a college degree by age 30.





So, no, like the poster claimed above, you don't have a 50/50 chance. That's way off!





And also, these young women are NOT going back to college later. By age 30 less than 2 percent have a degree.





Fortunately, at least 2 peer-reviewed studies of abstinence-education programs have found that these programs have succeeded at significantly lowering pregnancy rates among teens.





Also, the findings of a major longitudinal study of abstinence-education released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS) provide further evidence that abstinence-education is the only intervention that helps youth avoid risky sexual behavior.
Reply:Less. Statistically. However I personally believe it depends on the teen. Some are more determined than others. I got pregnant when I was 15. Got married and have a family instead. Been over 18 years now and we are still married and happy. Statics are not always right.
Reply:no way. http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/09/1...
Reply:I think that it is probably more likely that they do not finish college, but I don't think it's nearly as bad as people might think. When looking at stats about teen moms and college, I'm willing to bet many of them are only looking at teen mothers who are just out of high school and in their early 20s. If they did a longer study to see how many eventually do go back and graduate at a later date that those results would be surprising. I had my daughter at 17, dropped out of high school, got my GED a few years later, and didn't go back to college until a few years after that. There were a ton of people like me in my college and in my nursing class especially.





So I guess that I don't think that they are very much less likely to finish college in the long run.
Reply:Less likely, but that's not to say that they all drop out. It makes a lot even more determined to get qualifications to support their child. I'm 16 and I gave birth to my first two weeks ago, and although I'm definitely going back to school for the first time in my life I've thought about quitting. I just don't want my baby to be brought up by someone else and I'm up all night with her so I'm exhausted during the day. But I know that in the long run it's best for me to go back.
Reply:From my experience as a teen parent and knowing teen parents. I think it's a 50/50 chance. Some girls feel now that they have a excuse not to be doing school.


I myself.. after having my child, I went back to school.. upgrading a couple courses and will be doing Nursing next year. It's just determination.
Reply:I know, I will finish high school, and college.


Even a county college, I'm motivated to give my baby a good life!
Reply:The likelihood is very slim. Less than 3 percent of teen mothers finish college, or go back later to get a degree.





Teen pregnancy hurts the mother in many ways:


http://www.teenpregnancy.org/whycare/sow...
Reply:i've only antecdotal evidence, but every friend of mine that found out they were pregnant dropped out of colelge %26amp; have yet to go back (over 10 yrs later)