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West Virginia's high teen pregnancy rate is a leading cause of childhood poverty in the state, according to both speakers at the first meeting of the State Senate's select committee on child poverty.
While WV rates high in teen childbirth, although several WV counties are rated among the worst in the nation.
The statistics show a vicious circle: children who grow up in poverty are more likely to become teen parents and then drop out of high school, meaning their children are more likely to grow up in poverty and become teen parents themselves.
See State Senate panel studies roots of child poverty By The Associated Press/Charleston Gazette
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