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| The potential of including the UK in comparisons with other European countries in research on teenage pregnancy | |
| English | |
| Franz, Anke [> >] | |
| Worrell, Marcia [> >] | |
| Gilvarry, Catherine [> >] | |
Vögele, Claus  [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >] | |
| 2009 | |
| Critical Social Policy | |
| SAGE Publications | |
| 29 | |
| 560-564 | |
| Yes (verified by ORBilu) | |
| International | |
| 0261-0183 | |
| [en] cross-cultural research ; Germany ; teenage childbearing ; UK | |
| [en] This article is a response to Arai (2003) ‘British policy on teenage pregnancy and childbearing: The limitations of comparisons with other European countries’ (Critical Social Policy 23: 89–102). It discusses the arguments put forward by Arai there that cross-cultural comparisons in the area of teenage pregnancy are often problematic due to the unique demographics of the UK. While Arai’s considerations are important for cross-cultural research, they need to be more sensitive to the differences between countries included in these comparisons. Our article illustrates the potential value of cross-cultural research, using Germany as an exam- ple, and concludes that, as long as countries for such comparisons are cho- sen carefully, the merit of cross-cultural research on topics such as teenage pregnancy far exceeds its limitations. | |
| Researchers ; Professionals ; Students | |
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/3515 | |
| 10.1177/0261018309105184 |
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