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Author: Klerman, Lorraine V.
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1. Klerman, Lorraine V.
Another Chance: Preventing Additional Births to Teen Mothers
Research and Policy Report, Washington, DC: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, May 2004.
Also: http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/resources/pdf/pubs/AnotherChance_FINAL.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Childbearing, Adolescent; Fertility; National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS)

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

From the Introduction
Although overall teen birth rates have declined dramatically in the last decade, additional births to teens who are already mothers are disturbingly common. In 2002, there were nearly 89,000 such births, representing 21 percent of all births to teenagers. Nearly one-quarter of teen mothers have a second birth before turning 20. These additional births impose significant burdens on the young mothers, their children, their families, and society generally.

These additional births also seem somewhat puzzling. After all, many teen mothers struggle with caring for their infant or toddler, whether alone or with help from family, and often with little or no help from the child’s father. They regularly confront sleepless nights, crowded days, and restricted social activities. Attending school can be challenging, and graduating even more so. Given all this, why do such a large percentage become pregnant again and have a second child relatively quickly after the first, and what can be done to alter this pattern?

Bibliography Citation
Klerman, Lorraine V. "Another Chance: Preventing Additional Births to Teen Mothers." Research and Policy Report, Washington, DC: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, May 2004.
2. Shearer, Darlene Louise
Mulvilhill, Beverly A.
Klerman, Lorraine V.
Wallander, Jan L.
Hovinga, Mary E.
Redden, David T.
Association of Early Childbearing and Low Cognitive Ability
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 34, 5 (2002): 236-243
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Alan Guttmacher Institute
Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Childbearing; Childbearing, Adolescent; Fertility

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

CONTEXT: Teenage pregnancy remains a pressing social issue and public health problem in the United States. Low cognitive ability is seldom studied as a risk factor for adolescent childbearing. METHODS: Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were used in a matched-pairs nested case-control study comparing women who had a first birth before age 18 with those who did not. Significant differences in Armed Forces Qualifications Test scores and in reproductive and social intervening variables were determined using chisquare analyses and t-tests. Multiple logistic regression models determined the independent effects of specific factors on early childbearing. RESULTS:Women who had their first birth before age 18 had significantly lower cognitive scores than others; women with a second birth before age 20 had significantly lower scores than those with one teenage birth. On average, women with the lowest cognitive scores initiated sexual activity 1.4 years earlier than those with the highest cognitive scores. Among those who had had a sexuality education course, a smaller proportion of women had scores in the first quartile for the overall sample than in the fourth quartile (20% vs. 28%); an even greater difference was seen among women who correctly answered a question about pregnancy risk (14% vs. 43%). Both poverty and low cognitive ability increased the odds of early childbearing. CONCLUSIONS: Young women with low cognitive ability are at increased risk for early initiation of sexual activity and early pregnancy. Further research is needed to design interventions that consider this population's specific information and support needs.
Bibliography Citation
Shearer, Darlene Louise, Beverly A. Mulvilhill, Lorraine V. Klerman, Jan L. Wallander, Mary E. Hovinga and David T. Redden. "Association of Early Childbearing and Low Cognitive Ability." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 34, 5 (2002): 236-243.
3. Shearer, Darlene Louise
Mulvilhill, Beverly A.
Klerman, Lorraine V.
Wallander, Jan L.
Hovinga, Mary E.
Redden, David T.
Association of Early Childbearing and Low Cognitive Ability
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 34,5 (2002):236-243
Also: http://agi-usa.org/pubs/journals/3423602.pdf
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Alan Guttmacher Institute
Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Age at First Birth; Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Intelligence

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

METHODS: Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were used in a matched-pairs nested case-control study comparing women who had a first birth before age 18 with those who did not. Significant differences in Armed Forces Qualifications Test scores and in reproductive and social intervening variables were determined using chisquare analyses and t-tests. Multiple logistic regression models determined the independent effects of specific factors on early childbearing. RESULTS: Women who had their first birth before age 18 had significantly lower cognitive scores than others; women with a second birth before age 20 had significantly lower scores than those with one teenage birth. On average, women with the lowest cognitive scores initiated sexual activity 1.4 years earlier than those with the highest cognitive scores. Among those who had had a sexuality education course, a smaller proportion of women had scores in the first quartile for the overall sample than in the fourth quartile (20% vs. 28%); an even greater difference was seen among women who correctly answered a question about pregnancy risk (14% vs. 43%). Both poverty and low cognitive ability increased the odds of early childbearing.
Bibliography Citation
Shearer, Darlene Louise, Beverly A. Mulvilhill, Lorraine V. Klerman, Jan L. Wallander, Mary E. Hovinga and David T. Redden. "Association of Early Childbearing and Low Cognitive Ability ." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 34,5 (2002):236-243.