Adolescent Premarital Childbearing: Do Economic Incentives Matter?

Does it Take Two? The Effect of Partners' Characteristics on Teenage Pregnancy

“…Women's religious affiliation and church attendance may play a role in nonmarital teenage pregnancy and its outcome, although previous findings are mixed (Cooksey, 1990;Plotnick, 1992;Lundberg and Plotnick, 1995). One study of teenaged males finds that being raised Catholic is positively associated with the probability that a nonmarital pregnancy results in marriage (Marsiglio, 1987).…”

“…relationship; another study finds that about 24 percent of white women and 48 percent of black women report having had a nonmarital teenage pregnancy (Lundberg and Plotnick, 1995).…”

“…Such concern has motivated research on the underlying determinants of teenage women's sexual activity, contraceptive use, and fertility. Studies have investigated, for example, the role of young women's family background, welfare generosity, and abortion provider availability on the likelihood of nonmarital teenage pregnancy and whether such pregnancies result in abortion, marital birth, or nonmarital birth (e.g., Cooksey, 1990;Lundberg and Plotnick, 1995).…”

Productive Activities and Support Systems of Single Mothers

“…The responsibilities of being both a provider and a nurturer often interrupt a single mother's education, which in turn lowers her worth in both labor and marriage markets and increases her likelihood of being trapped in poverty and welfare dependence (Duncan, Featherman, and Duncan 1972;Krein and Beller 1986;McLanahan 1985;Hill, Augustyniak, and Ponza 1987;Furstenberg, Brooks-Gunn, and Morgan 1987;Bumpass and McLanahan 1989;Hao 1994Hao , 1996. Recent studies on the economic consequences of out-of-wedlock child bearing have further confirmed that it has adverse economic consequences and that these effects differ substantially by race and across cohorts (Lundberg and Plotnick 1995;Geronimus and Korenman 1992;Bronars and Grogger 1994).…”

Reproductive behavior following evacuation to foster care duringWorld War II

“…The limitation common to all three aforementioned studies is the problem of confounding in the means comparison; that is, the problem of finding a credible comparison group. For example, girls from poorer socioeconomic backgrounds are more likely to give birth as teenagers, regardless of experiencing parental divorce or adoption (Lundberg and Plotnick 1995;Duncan et al 1998;Kearney and Levine 2014).…”