A new economic study of Nielsen television ratings and birth records suggests that the show, 16 and Pregnant, and its spinoffs may have prevented more than 20,000 births to teenage mothers in 2010...The study also explores how 16 and Pregnant might have influenced teenagers’ behavior. For example, the two economists showed that social-media postings about contraception and Internet searches on the topic spiked sharply whenever the show was being broadcast.
Posted on: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:59:27 +0000
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