Szilagyi,+J

 __**Culminating task**__

__Topic:__ Teenage Pregnancy VS Family Income __Brain storming: __ >
 * I wanted my project to be on teenage pregnancy, so I brain stormed related factors that related to my topic. (see link for chart brain storming)
 * Lower income, less money for contraception; birth control, condoms.
 * May have a lower paying job, has to work more hours; less time to time spend with children to educate them about teenage pregnancy.

__Question__: As the median income of a family in Canada increases does the number of total teenage pregnancies increase or decrease during 1980-2000?
 * __independent variable:__ Median family income in Canada
 * __Dependent variable:__ Total teenage pregnancies in Canada

__Hypothesis__: I think that as the median income increases in Canadian families, the number of teenage pregnancies will decrease. I believe that more educated families have higher incomes and provides greater possibilities for their children, both scholastic and personal education such as sexual education and contraception. This helps teens realize how serious and demanding a baby is, and being teenage parents are. In the past income rates were not as high as they are today, and teenage total pregnancies sky rocketed. This is because sexual education was not as common, and forms of contraception were not as well known.

__Background Information:__ In the media there are alot of movies and TV shows on teenage pregnancy, and some of these shows or movies are my favorite. I decided to explore the staatistical facts around teenage pregnancies and what may cause this to happen to teens. I explored many different variables that could effect teeange pregnancy, then I landed on family income. There are huge sterotyes that a teenage mother is from a poor family, and the reason why she got pregnant seems to be related to this factor. I decided to test this sterotype and determine if a families income effects the chances of teenage pregnancy.

__DATA__
= One Variable data --Teenage pregnancy = = = 1. Canadian Teen Pregnancy Rates Per 1,000 Among 15-19 Year-Olds, 1992-2002
 * || 15/17 || 18/19 || Total ||
 * 1992 || 30.2 || 74.9 || 48.1 ||
 * 1993 || 29.9 || 74.4 || 47.8 ||
 * 1994 || 30.2 || 76.2 || 48.8 ||
 * 1995 || 28.2 || 75.4 || 47.1 ||
 * 1996 || 27.0 || 72.7 || 45.2 ||
 * 1997 || 25.5 || 68.9 || 42.7 ||
 * 1998 || 24.8 || 68.5 || 42.4 ||
 * 1999 || 22.6 || 65.9 || 40.1 ||
 * 2000 || 21.4 || 62.5 || 38.0 ||
 * 2001 || 20.1 || 59.8 || 36.1 ||
 * 2002 || 18.1 || 57.1 || 33.9 ||


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= One Variable Data -- Median family income =

1. =2. __Bar Chart of Average Total Income of Individuals in Constant (1995) Dollars, Canada, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995__ =

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= = =Results:= ==

__**Calculations:**__


<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__Two Variable data__:




 * I made this graph to demondstrate the increase and decrease of the two variables. This show that whenever income increases so does teenage pregnancies.



Calculations:


 * Since it is a week correlation, this prooves that median income and teenage pregnancies donot effect each other.



__**Sampling technique:**__
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; msoansilanguage: EN-USmsoAnsiLanguage;">Simple Random sample: This sampling technique occurs in both of the variables I used. I received most of my information from statistics Canada. Every couple of years a survey is sent out to every house hold in Canada and it is mandatory that the residents of the house hold complete the survey. This is where most of the information I have used is coming from.

Systematic sample: This sampling technique occurs in both of the variables I used. I received most of my information from statistics Canada. A more complex survey is sent out randomly to households for more in depth information on a wider range of subjects. This is where some of my information is coming from, primarily teenage pregnancies.

**__Sampling Bias:__**
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; msoansilanguage: EN-USmsoAnsiLanguage;">Non-response Bias: This Bias can occur when a certain group chooses not to participate in the survey because they are embarrassed, or do not feel comfortable answering the survey. This may have happened in both of my variables, with people being uncomfortable about sharing their income, or teenagers being embarrassed about having a pregnancy.

Response Bias: This Bias can occur when participants purposefully give false information because they may be afraid to answer truthfully. This bias can occur in my topics because people may not want others to know how much money they make or if they have a teenage pregnancy.


 * __Limitations:__**

I found it challenging to find information on my variables chosen. Most of the information i could find was not useable because it did not cerrespond with teen pregnancies. It was difficult to find information on median family income, but the information that I did use I worked to the best of my advantage. To further explore this topic I could survey candidats to determine they were pregnant as a teenager, then after survey their family income at that time. I could divid the group into teen pregnancies or not, then compare family income at the time to determine if a correlation exists. Clearly this is not realistic to me as a highschool student, so this is another limitation that I came across.

=Conclutions:= After analyzing the two variables; Median family income and teenage pregnancy, I have proven my hypothesis wrong. I thought that as income increases it would cause teen pregnancies to decrease but as is stated in my calculations, when ever the median family income increases so did teenage pregnancies. Therefore income does not have any correlation with teen pregnancies (0.004), and does not appear to effect eachother.


 * __Sources:__**

Best Start. (n.d.). //Teen Pregnancy Prevention//. Retrieved December 30, 2009, from []

Natural Resources Canada. (1998, May 12). //Average Total Income of Individuals in Constant (1995) Dollars//. Retrieved December 20, 2009, from []

Natural Resources Canada. (2004, March 11). //Income (1995$)//. Retrieved December 27, 2009, from []

Natural Resources Canada. (2006, September 11). //Income (2000$)//. Retrieved December 27, 2009, from []

Sexuality and U. (2009). //Teen Pregnancy Rates//. Retrieved December 1, 2009, from []

Statistics Canada. (2009, February 16). //Family Income, By Family Type//. Retrieved November 5, 2009, from []

Statistics Canada. (2009, February 11). //Individuals by total income level, By province and territory//. Retrieved November 30, 2009, from []

Statistics Canada. (2008, October 20). //Pregnancy outcomes, by age group and year//. Retrieved November 5, 2009, from []