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Author: Whalen, Mathilde Logan
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1. Whalen, Mathilde Logan
Loper, Ann Booker
Teenage Pregnancy in Adolescents With an Incarcerated Household Member
Western Journal of Nursing Research 36,3 (March 2014): 346-361.
Also: http://wjn.sagepub.com/content/36/3/346.abstract
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Adolescent Sexual Activity; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Household Composition; Incarceration/Jail; Parent-Child Interaction; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Sex Education

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This study examines the association between the incarceration of a household member and adolescent pregnancy, and evaluates whether this association extends beyond that of other variables associated with sexual health. We used data from 12 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: Child and Young Adult. After eliminating males and individuals who did not respond to key questions, a sample of 1,229 girls (ages 14-19) was analyzed. Girls who experienced the incarceration of a household member faced more demographic and family environment risk factors than those who did not. Regression analyses demonstrated that the addition of a household incarceration variable afforded superior prediction of teenage pregnancy relative to the prediction based on demographic and family features alone. Programs that are directed toward reducing teen pregnancy will benefit from attention to the home situation of the at-risk girl, particularly the experience of household member incarceration and related family dynamics.
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Whalen, Mathilde Logan and Ann Booker Loper. "Teenage Pregnancy in Adolescents With an Incarcerated Household Member." Western Journal of Nursing Research 36,3 (March 2014): 346-361.