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Early childbearing and subsequent fertility.
James Trussell,Jane Menken +1 more
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Data from the National Survey of Family Growth which was conducted by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics in 1973-1974 were searched for the relationship between early childbearing and subsequent fertility and show that early age at 1st birth especially if the mother is a teenager correlates with more rapid and higher levels of subsequent fertility.Abstract:
Data from the National Survey of Family Growth which was conducted by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics in 1973-1974 were searched for the relationship between early childbearing and subsequent fertility. The data show that early age at 1st birth especially if the mother is a teenager correlates with more rapid and higher levels of subsequent fertility. Women who start their childbearing in their teen years tend to have more unwanted and out-of-wedlock births. This is true within racial educational and religious subgroups. Marital status at 1st birth had little effect on subsequent fertility. Previously observed fertility differences between blacks and whites are largely attributable to differences in age at 1st birth. Blacks in fact seem to have slowed the pace of their current childbearing perhaps due to the growth of federally subsidized family planning programs in recent years. There are still differences in subsequent fertility between Catholics and non-Catholics when age at 1st birth is controlled. Subsequent childbearing seems to have no relation to whether the 1st birth was considered wanted or unwanted. Education proves to be an important predictor of contraceptive use and success. The reasons for this are complex.read more
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Teenage mothers and teenage fathers: the impact of early childbearing on the parents personal and professional lives.
Josefina J. Card,Lauress L. Wise +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a large prospective nationwide study of high school boys and girls was analyzed to document the long and short-term impact of adolescent childbearing on their future educational occupational marital and childbearing lives.
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The Contraceptive Revolution
TL;DR: The 1970 National Fertility Survey as mentioned in this paper assesses the growth in the use of the pill and the IUD, the increasing reliance on contraceptive sterilization, and both the intended and the unwanted fertility of American women.
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Early childbearing and educational attainment.
Kristin A. Moore,Linda J. Waite +1 more
TL;DR: Data show that early childbearing is significantly associated with a lower level of educational attainment and Blacks seem to be less affected by an early pregnancy probably because the black community is more accepting of teenage pregnancy.
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TL;DR: The pre-maritally pregnant (PMP) were at a disadvantage at either the first (1961) observation or the fourth (1966) as compared with other married couples with either a short or long first birth interval (short-spacers and long-spacer).
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