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The ages of fathers in California adolescent births, 1993

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  • Males, M.
  • Chew, K.S.Y.

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Officials, media coverage, and prevention programs have assumed that fathers of infants born to US school-age (10-18 years old) mothers are school-age peers. This study analyzes fathers' ages in 46 500 California births to school age mothers in 1993, for which 85% of the fathers' ages were stated and whose distribution is similar to that of less complete national samples. Adult, postschool men father two thirds of the infants born to school-age mothers and average 4.2 years older than the senior-high mothers and 6.7 years older than the junior-high mothers. The extensive involvement of adult males in both school-age motherhood and its precursors represents a significant, undiscussed factor deserving greater attention.

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  • Males, M. & Chew, K.S.Y., 1996. "The ages of fathers in California adolescent births, 1993," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 86(4), pages 565-568.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1996:86:4:565-568_8
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    1. Louis‐Pierre Lepage, 2022. "Do age of consent laws decrease teen births?," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 55(3), pages 1431-1459, August.
    2. Paul, Kathleen & Garcia, Pedro J. & Manhart, Lisa E. & Holmes, King K. & Hitti, Jane E., 2009. "Partner- and partnership-related risk factors for preterm birth among low-income women in Lima, Peru," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 68(8), pages 1535-1540, April.

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