The family factor
Britain has one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in the world, and the Netherlands one of the lowest. For many years, some involved in sex education in the UK have attributed low Dutch teen pregnancy rates to permissive and explicit sex education given at a young age.
Sharon James
DECONSTRUCTING THE DUTCH UTOPIA:
Sex Education and Teenage Pregnancy in the Netherlands
By Joost van Loon
A4 size booklet, 68 pages. £8.50 (inc. p&p)
Family Education Trust, The Mezzanine, Elizabeth House, 39 York Road,
London SE1 7NQ.
ISBN 0 906229 17 0
