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On my page "An Analysis of UK Trash Culture" by Vexen Crabtree (2004) I've added a brief comment on UK teenage pregnancy rates:

The Institute for Public Policy Research reported in 2007 that British teenagers are the worst behaved in Europe. In 2006 it reported that between British, French, German and Italian youngsters, the British are near the top of every table comparing drugs, drink, violence and promiscuity. The UK has the highest rate of under 18s pregnancies not only in Europe, but in all the developed world except for the USA. The Daily Mail reported we "are more likely to binge-drink, take drugs [...] and start fights". "38% confessed to trying cannabis, more than five times the rate in Sweden. British teenagers are also bigger drinkers, with 27 per cent admitting to getting drunk regularly. In Italy, the figure is five per cent and in France it is just three per cent".

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