Social Service Review · 1992 · 40 citations · 9 references
Social SciencesDemographyEconomicsEconomic DemographyFertilitySocial DemographyChildbearing PatternsFamily EconomicsFertility DeclineFertility TransitionHousehold EconomicsAdolescent ChildbearingChild Economic Well-beingChildbearing Among AdolescentsEconomic ConditionsEconomic Costs Of ChildbearingHousehold Economic Well-beingWell-beingYoung Women
Recent shifts in economic and social conditions have put young women who begin their childbearing as teenagers in an increasingly precarious economic position. In this article, I use a nationally representative data set to examine how the effect of teenage childbearing on women's economic well-being changed during the period 1968-87. A review of the literature on the consequences of teenage childbearing and changing economic conditions provides a framework in which to interpret the results.
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