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Part 1. Pregnant futures : barriers to employment, education and training -- Part 2. Demographic profile of youth in Western Sydney, national consultation with service providers, the western Sydney project among pregnant and parenting youth.

1. Introduction -- 1.1. Structure of the report -- 1.2. The language: framing adolescent pregnancy and motherhood -- 1.2.1. 'At risk' -- 1.2.2. The dangers of dealing with 'adolescents' as a homogenous group -- 1.2.3. Steretypes and negative images -- 1.2.4. Media attention -- 2. Theories, research...

6. The Western Sydney Project: questionnaires and workshops -- 6.1. The discrimination questionnaire -- 6.1.1. Development of the questionnaire -- 6.1.2. Profiling participants and their responses -- 6.1.3. Education and employment background -- 6.1.4. Experiences of employment -- 6.1.5. Experiences...

5. Service provision for pregnant adolescents and young mothers: current approaches and programs -- 5.1. Demographic profile of service providers -- 5.1.1. Gender -- 5.1.2. Age distribution -- 5.1.3. Marital status -- 5.1.4. Children -- 5.1.5. Ethnic membership -- 5.1.6. Languages spoken -- 5.1.7. R...

4. Western Sydney -- 4.1. Defining Western Sydney -- 4.2. Problems with data aggregations -- 4.3. Youth data: Australia, NSW and Sydney -- 4.3.1. Trends in youth data 1971-1991 -- 4.4. Ethnic profile of Western Sydney -- 4.4.1. Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders -- 4.4.2. New immigrations and no...

2.3.1. School culture and attitudues towards careers and the future -- 2.3.2. Australian studies relating to teenage pregnancy and motherhood, education and employment -- 2.4. Programs -- 2.4.1. Jobs, Education and Training (JET) program for teenage sole parent pension clients -- 2.4.2. Programs off...