Kids having kids
Subtitle: economic costs & social consequences of teen pregnancy
By: edited by Saul D. Hoffman & Rebecca A. Maynard.
Contributors: Hoffman, Saul D., 1949-; Maynard, Rebecca A.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Urban Institute Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780877667452
Subjects: Teenage parents -- United States; Teenage pregnancy -- Economic aspects -- United States; Teenage pregnancy -- Social aspects -- United States
Description: Teen childbearing in the United States has been declining since 1991, yet we consistently have the highest teen birth rates in the industrialized world. In 1997, the first edition of this book was the first comprehensive effort to identify the consequences of teen childbearing for the mothers, the fathers, the children, and our society. Rather than simply comparing teen mothers with their childless counterparts, the assembled researchers achieved a new methodological sophistication, seeking to isolate the birth itself from the mother's circumstances and thus discover its true costs. This updated second edition features a new chapter evaluating teen pregnancy interventions, along with revised and updated versions of most first edition chapters.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The study, the context, and the findings in brief / Saul D. Hoffman and Rebecca A. Maynard; title: Trends in fertility and sexual activity among U.S. teenagers / Saul D. Hoffman; title: Consequences of teen childbearing for mothers through 1993 / V. Joseph Hotz, Susan Williams McElroy, and Seth G. Sanders; title: Updated estimates of the consequences of teen childbearing for mothers / Saul D. Hoffman; title: Costs and consequences for the fathers / Michael J. Brien and Robert J. Willis; title: Outcomes for children of teen mothers from kindergarten through adolescence / Jennifer S. Manlove ... [et al.]; title: Children's health and health care / Barbara Wolfe and Emilie McHugh Rivers; title: Consequences of teen childbearing for child abuse, neglect, and foster care placement / Robert M. Goerge, Allen Harden, and Bong Joo Lee; title: Consequences of teen childbearing for incarceration among adult children / Jeffrey Grogger; title: Updated estimates through 2002 / Lauren Sue Scher and Saul D. Hoffman; title: Children of teen mothers as young adults : Consequences of teen childbearing for the life chances of children, 1968-88 / Robert Haveman, Barbara Wolfe, and Elaine Peterson; title: Consequences of teen childbearing for the life chances of children, 1979-2002 /  Saul D. Hoffman and Lauren Sue Scher; title: The costs of adolescent childbearing / Rebecca A. Maynard and Saul D. Hoffman; title: What do we know about the effectiveness of programs aimed at reducing teen sexual risk-taking? / Lauren Sue Scher.