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Indicator: Truancies and exclusions from school; Teenage pregnancies E3
Teenage pregnancies: 1971 to 2001  
Indicator Chart
Note: * Data for 1971 and 1981 are not strictly comparable with those for later years
Change since
tick 1970
tick 1990
tick 1997

Coverage: England and Wales

Source: ONS, Scottish Executive

Percentage of pupils excluded from school: 1994-5 to 2001-2  
Indicator Chart
Change since
dots 1970
tick 1990
tick 1997-8

Coverage: England

Source: DfES

Objective: Tackling poverty and social exclusion
  • In 2001 there were around 43 conceptions per 1,000 women aged 15 to 17, but around 4 fewer than in 1997 and 5 fewer than in 1990.
  • The percentage of pupils excluded from school fell by a quarter (from 0.16 to 0.12 per cent) between 1997-8 and 2001-2.
  • Truancies have been roughly stable since records began in the early 1980s at 0.7 per cent of half days missed per year through unauthorised pupil absence (not shown).

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