Impact on economic on the risky behavior of teenage pregnancy
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INTRODUCTION
The assumption of active parenting significantly changes a young woman's or man's life. As discussed in previous chapters, caring for an infant takes time and energy which is therefore not available for other activities. Although parents are never fully prepared, those who are married, with a regularly employed wage earner and a reasonably stable existence generally have the resources to cope adequately. The demands of parenthood must come as a shock to the unmarried teenager who is enrolled in school, who is dependent on her parents, and who knows very little about caring for children.
The first part of this chapter focuses on the long term consequences of early childbearing for the mother, the father, and other family members. The major objective is to compare some ten years after high school the economic situation of young women and men who bore (fathered) a child as a teen with that of others who delayed childbearing until their twenties. The questions that will be addressed are the following:
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Are there effects of early childbearing on the later social and economic well-being of the mother, the father, and other family members net of initial differences between early and later childbearers?
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If there are effects, how do they operate? That is, through what mechanisms or intervening factors do they operate?
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Have these effects changed over time such that early childbearing has more (or less) serious consequences for recent birth cohorts of young women and men than for earlier birth cohorts of young women and men?
Research has shown substantial variation among early childbearers in economic well-being, and it is important to know why some do well and others don't. Thus an additional question will be addressed:
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Among early childbearers themselves, what factors differentiate those who are doing well from those who are not doing well?
Part Two focuses on the consequences of early childbearing for society. Finally, Part Three focuses on the hypothetical impact of policy interventions.
The perspective used in this chapter is that of the life course, “the social patterns in the timing, duration, spacing and order of events” (Elder, 1978:21). One of the central features is the notion of “multiple interdependent pathways (career lines) from birth to death” (Elder, 1978:22). Such career lines occur in the marital, parental, and socioeconomic spheres. The relationship between the timing of events in these different spheres represents an important characteristic of individuals. There are also regular patterns across individuals. For example, a majority follow a common pattern regarding timing of school leaving, entry into employment, marriage and childbearing (see for example, Hogan, 1980). “With multiple career lines, the scheduling of events and obligations becomes a basic problem in the management of resources and pressures” (Elder, 1978:27).
Parenthood is an event that radically affects the life of the mother. The demands of a child simply cannot be ignored without risk. Thus the timing of parenthood relative to other career lines is a major concern. In this chapter we will consider schooling, marriage, and employment as other interdependent career lines and explore the interrelationships among events in these different domains. The ultimate test of the importance of timing and sequencing of events is the economic circumstances of the individual at some later point in life, in particular, own income, income of other family members, poverty status and welfare dependence
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