Teenage Childbearing Among Youth Born to Teenage Mothers

Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this article examined how early maternal characteristics, an adolescent’s family environment, and the adolescent’s own attitudes and behaviors were associated with the odds of a nonmarital teenage birth among youth born to teenage mothers. M...

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Published in:Youth & society 2012-06, Vol.44 (2), p.258-283
Main Authors: Wildsmith, Elizabeth, Manlove, Jennifer, Jekielek, Susan, Moore, Kristin Anderson, Mincieli, Lisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent Mothers
Adolescents
At Risk Persons
Attitudes
Behavior
Child Rearing
Cognitive Ability
Cognitive Functioning
Correlation
Early Parenthood
Expectation
Family Environment
Females
Gender Differences
Home Environment
Individual Characteristics
Longitudinal Studies
Males
Mothers
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
Polls & surveys
Racial Differences
Risk
Risk factors
Teenage parents
Youth
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Summary:Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this article examined how early maternal characteristics, an adolescent’s family environment, and the adolescent’s own attitudes and behaviors were associated with the odds of a nonmarital teenage birth among youth born to teenage mothers. Multivariate analyses indicated that these domains were closely linked. Early maternal characteristics shaped the later family environment of adolescents (parenting quality and home environment), which, in turn, was associated with the attitudes and behaviors of teens that put them at risk of a nonmarital birth. Notably, there was variation in some of the associations by gender. Increased mother’s cognitive ability lowered the risk of a nonmarital birth for boys, but not for girls, whereas fertility expectations were significant for girls, but not for boys. There were no race-ethnic differences in the risk of a teenage birth among girls, although Black boys had a higher risk than White boys.
ISSN:0044-118X
1552-8499
DOI:10.1177/0044118X11398366