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Early subsequent pregnancy among economically disadvantaged teenage mothers

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  • Polit, D.F.
  • Kahn, J.R.

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This study investigated the antecedents and short-term consequences of an early subsequent pregnancy in a sample of economically disadvantaged teenage mothers. Data were gathered over a two-year period from a sample of 675 young mothers living in eight United States cities. Within two years of the initial inverview, when half the sample was still pregnant with the index pregnancy, nearly half of the sample experienced a second- or higher-order pregnancy. Characteristics of the young women at entry into the study were relatively poor predictors of which teenagers would conceive again by the final interview. An early repeat pregnancy was associated with a number of negative short-term consequences in the areas of education, employment, and welfare-dependency, even after background characteristics were statistically controlled.

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  • Polit, D.F. & Kahn, J.R., 1986. "Early subsequent pregnancy among economically disadvantaged teenage mothers," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 76(2), pages 167-171.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1986:76:2:167-171_9
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    1. Emmanuel Dorsah & Alfred Kweku Ampah-Mensah & Cynthia Ofosuhene & Isaac Atta Kwenin & Rudzani Israel Lumadi, 2024. "Educational Support Systems for Teenage Mothers in Public Basic Schools: Lived Experiences of Teenage Mothers," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 8(5), pages 2354-2369, May.
    2. Dorsey, Marquitta S. & King, Dione & Howard-Howell, Tyriesa & Dyson, Yarneccia, 2022. "Culturally responsive sexual health interventions for black adolescent females in the United States: A systematic review of the literature, 2010–2020," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 137(C).
    3. Meade, Christina S. & Ickovics, Jeannette R., 2005. "Systematic review of sexual risk among pregnant and mothering teens in the USA: pregnancy as an opportunity for integrated prevention of STD and repeat pregnancy," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 60(4), pages 661-678, February.
    4. Margaret S. Boone, 1987. "Inner-City Black Undercount," Evaluation Review, , vol. 11(2), pages 216-241, April.

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