Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancy and Childbearing.

Autor/inn/en	Moore, Kristin A.; Caldwell, Steven B.
Titel	Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancy and Childbearing.
Quelle	(1976), (229 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Abortions; Adolescents; Birth Rate; Contraception; Illegitimate Births; Research Projects; Sex Education; Unwed Mothers; Welfare Recipients; Young Adults + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Empfängnisverhütung; Illegitimate child; Uneheliches Kind; Forschungsvorhaben; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Unverheiratete Mutter; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener
Abstract	Out-of-wedlock birth rates have not fallen much at all among teenagers. New analyses of existing data sets indicate that becoming an out-of-wedlock parent is a process with three stages: commencement of sexual activity; conception among the sexually active; and pregnancy outcome among those who conceive. Public policy variables such as AFDC benefits, family planning services and abortion availability did not increase the likelihood of sexual intercourse. Teenagers were found likely to make the transition as they become older, if their fathers were poorly educated; if (among non-blacks) they lived on the Pacific Coast; if they were black; and if they were from a more recent birth cohort or a non-intact family. The examination of data regarding pregnancy among the group who were sexually experienced indicated that AFDC benefits did not serve as an economic incentive to childbearing outside of marriage. On the other hand, the impact of liberal family planning and abortion policies is cited in reducing the incidence of out-of-wedlock childbearing. (BN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01