The Michigan-Friday, March 13, 1981-Page 3 Teen-agers more sexually active, study reports THE AIR FORCE has immediate openings for Dental Specialists in Endodontics and Pedodontics. Starting salaries and entry grade are commensurate with expe- rience. If you are under 40 years of age, investigate this outstanding career opportunity. CONTACT: 23400 Michigan Ave., Village Plaza Dearborn, Michigan 46124 collect (313) 561-7013 Air Force. A great way of life. NEW YORK (AP)-Teen-agers are becoming more, sexually active and teen-age pregnancies are increasing as a result, despite a rise in use of con- traceptives, according to a study published yesterday. But the report, a compilation of some 100 existing studies involving thousands of teen-agers, contended that the in- creased availability of contraception and abortion has helped reduce births among teen-agers. BY ASE 19, four out of five males and two out of three females have had' sexual intercourse, with the average age for the first sexual experience 16, according to the study by the Alan Gut- tmacher Institute. It said that even though more teen- agers than ever before are using birth control, nearly two-thirds of teen-age girls said they either never used con- traception or did so only erratically, and 51 percent said they did not think they could get pregnant, the report 'said. The report, entitled "Teen-age Pregnancy: The Problem That Hasn't Gone Away," projected that unless current trends are reversed, four of every 10 girls aged 14 will become pregnant at least once during their 'teen-age years. Half of those would give birth and the rest would either have abortions 'or miscarriages, the report said. THE REPORT BY the non-profit research and education agency and Planned Parenthood affilitate estimated that the number of sexually active teen-agers increased by two- thirds in the 1970s. "The increase was most dramatic among whites-especially those aged 15 to 17, whose rate of sexual activity doubled," the report said. "Between the middle of the decade and the end, the increase in teen-age sexual activity was entirely accounted for by un- married whites. " .In the early 1970s, race, socio- economic status, , residence and religious affiliation were all related to age at first intercourse. But many of these distinctions are beginning to disappear as premarital sexual activity increases among all elements of the teen-age population," the report said. AMONG THE report's findings were: * Between 1970 and 1978, the birth rate among teen-agers aged 18 to 19 declined 29 percent; for 15-to-17-year- olds, the rate declined 15 percent. There was no decline for those under 15. " A rise from 10 percent to 11 percent of all teen-age girls who became pregnant between 1973 to 1978. * A jump in the percentage of premaritally sexually active girls aged 15 to 19 using contraceptives from 28.7 percent in 1976 to 34.2 percent in 1979.' " A total of 1.1 million teen-age pregnancies in 1978 of which one-third were unintended and 434,000 or 38 per- cent were terminated in abortion; 362,000 or 22 percent ended in out-of- wedlock births; 192,000 or 10 percent resulted in births legitimized by marriage; and the remainder ended in miscarriage. " Half of the teens use no birth control method when they begin having sex and most who seek a medical method from a clinic do so nine months or more after initiating intercourse. * The overwhelming majority of Americans favor sex education in the schools, but only four in 10 teen students get any kind of sex education in schools and just three in 10 are taught anything about birth control. Daily Photo by DEBORAH LEWIS ALI MAZRUI, DIRECTOR of the University's Center for Afro-American Studies, delivers the keynote address at last night's public forum examining strategies for the University to cope with its financial crisis. Mazrui com- pared the University to the ailing American auto industry and warned that cuts would endanger the University's diversity. Q ' v 41mI MI " I - 7 olidllul- -HAPPENINGS-ILM FILMS Cinema II - Anna Christie, 7 p.m., Susan Lennox: Her Fall and Rise, 9 p.m., Angell Aud. A. Cinema Guild - The 29th Ann Arbor Film Festival, 7, 9, 11 p.m., Michigan Theatre. Gargoyle Films - Terror of Tiny Town, 7, 9:40 p.m., 100 Hutchins Hall. AAFC - Halloween, 7, 10:20 p.m., Martin, 8:40 p.m., Lorch Hall Aud. Mediatrics - Singin' in the Rain, 7, 9:15 p.m., MLB 4. Thai Student Association , Wizards, 6, 7:45, 9:15, 11 p.m., Nat. Sci. Aud. SPEAKERS Philosophy - Symposium, Gilbert Harman, "Morality and Utopia," 2 p.m., Nicholas Sturgeon, "Brandt's Moral Empiricism," 3:30 p.m., MLB Room 2. Natural Resources - Charles Bingham, "The Shifting Regional Scene - West vs. South." Michigan Astrofest - Lecture, Jim Loudon, "Free Flight of the Space Shuttle," 7:30 p.m., MLB Aud. 3. PERFORMANCES Canterbury Loft - The Caretaker, 8 p.m., 332 S. State. PTP / Theatre and Drama - All the Way Home, 8 p.m., Trueblood Theatre. AMC Productions - Multi-media rock concert, Everything's Turning Gray, 8 p.m., Mendelssohn Theatre. The Ark - Rosalie Sorrels, 1421 Hill Street. Guild House - Dunbar's Bremen, 802 Monroe. School of Music - Recital and Master class, 8 p.m., School of Music J Recital Hall. MISCELLANEOUS Rackham - Alice and Edith Hamilton Award Ceremony, 4 p.m. Rackham Amphitheatre. Naul - H. Romijin Meyer, "Readings of his work, short stories," 8 p.m., International Center. International Folk Dance club - workshop taught by Dennis Boxell, CCRB Activities Room. Extension Service - Stress in the University workshops, Michigan Union. Recreational Sports - International Recreation Program, 8-11 p.m., Spor- ts Coliseum. University Duplicate Bridge Club - Open pairs club championship, 7:30 p.m., Henderson Room, Michigan League. To submit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of; Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI., 48109. F and better' Criticized at forum (Continued from Page 1) Two students expressed their frustrations over the lack of student participation in the LSA budget cut process. Geography graduate student Margaret Wilder said the review was like "some kind of trial" that left her questions unanswered. "WE ASKED direct questions; we got indirect answers," said Wilder, who is working toward her doctorate in geography. LSA-Student Government former president Dan Solomon urged the students to demand participation in the decision making process instead of ac- cepting advisory roles in the procedure, saying that the administration was 'afraid to be challenged.'' Rosenberg also touched on the'effects budget cuts would have on. the quality of the teaching staff at the University, saying that the cuts could tie junior staff to teaching roles with no possibility of promotion or opportunity to do research. Rosenberg also said he was concer- ned with the heavy emphasis on resear- ch and the effects of outside money on University programs, and said he thought the University should "not be concerning itself with offering goods that those with money may want to buy. Shapiro commented on Rosenberg's remarks, saying he did not think "We are a research institution first and a teaching institution second." 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