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- Title
Comparing Outcomes in a Statewide Program for Adolescent Mothers With Outcomes in a National Sample.
- Authors
Ruch-Ross, Holly S.; Jones, Elizabeth D.; Musick, Judith S.
- Abstract
One-year outcomes for 1,004 participants in a statewide program for pregnant and parenting teenagers were compared with outcomes for 790 adolescent mothers included in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The program group was substantially younger and included more black women and fewer married teenagers than the national sample. Controlling for these and other baseline differences revealed that program participants were significantly more likely than the national sample to be enrolled in school, to be employed and to have avoided a subsequent pregnancy 12 months later. Several baseline variables, including age at first birth, ethnicity, education and living arrangements, were also predictive of one-year outcomes. (Family Planning Perspectives, 24:66, 1992)
- Subjects
TEENAGE mothers; PREGNANCY; SUBSTANCE abuse; PARENTHOOD; CLINICS; DAY care centers; DATA analysis; CONTRACEPTIVES; CONTRACEPTION
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 1992, Vol 24, Issue 2, p66
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2135468