Teen pregnancy : statistics and federal prevention programs /

Teen childbearing is associated with adverse health and social outcomes for teen mothers and their children, although these outcomes often reflect preexisting social deficits. Compared with women who delay childbearing until their 20s, teen mothers are more likely to drop out of school and have low...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Werner, Ryan (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]
Colección:Public health in the 21st century series.
Temas:
Teenage pregnancy > United States > Prevention.
Teenage pregnancy > United States > Statistics.
Grossesse chez l'adolescente > États-Unis > Statistiques.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Teenage pregnancy.
Teenage pregnancy > Prevention.
United States.
Statistics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Teen childbearing is associated with adverse health and social outcomes for teen mothers and their children, although these outcomes often reflect preexisting social deficits. Compared with women who delay childbearing until their 20s, teen mothers are more likely to drop out of school and have low educational attainment; to face unemployment, poverty, and welfare dependency; to experience more rapid repeat pregnancy; to become single mothers; and to experience divorce, if they marry. Infants of teen mothers are more likely to be premature and experience infant mortality. The children of teena.
Notas:Title from PDF title page (viewed on September 26, 2014).
Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9781633219076
1633219070

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