An attempt to detect “pregnancy susceptibility” in indigent adolescent girls

Sisters' and Girlfriends' Sexual and Childbearing Behavior: Effects on Early Adolescent Girls' Sexual Outcomes

“…To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine having an adolescent childbearing sister vis-à-vis adolescents' sexual attitudes and sexual intentions. All studies to date examining sisters' childbearing status have focused only on sibling outcomes of pregnancy or childbearing (Friede et al, 1986;Goldfarb et al, 1977) and only one study has shown an earlier age at coitarche for the sisters of childbearing teens (Hogan & Kitagawa, 1985). Thus, it may be that having an adolescent childbearing sister alters girls' sexual attitudes, attitudes which, over time, shape their sexual intentions and, ultimately, change their sexual behavior.…”

“…Adolescent sibling pairs have also been shown to have correlated ages at sexual onset and extent of sexual permissiveness (Haurin & Mott, 1990;Rodgers & Rowe, 1988Rodgers, Rowe, & Harris, 1992;Rowe, Rodgers, Meseck-Bushey, & St. John, 1989). In addition, the sisters of pregnant and childbearing adolescents appear to be at a twofold elevated risk of adolescent childbearing themselves (East & Felice, 1992;Friede et al,1986;Goldfarb et al, 1977;Hogan & Kitagawa, 1985) and to have higher sexual activity rates and younger ages of coitarche than other girls of the same age, race, and socioeconomic status (Hogan & Kitagawa, 1985).…”

Longitudinal Influence of Perceptions of Peer and Parental Factors on African American Adolescent Risk Involvement

“…19 For example, research has shown that pregnant adolescents have large numbers of friends and relatives who have become pregnant. 23 The nature of sexual risks has changed substantially over the past two decades as a result of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic. The opportunity for communication about risk and protective behaviors with parents or other adults may also have changed considerably as a result of increased media attention on the topic of parental roles in risk prevention.…”

Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Educational Characteristics of Pregnant Adolescents

“…In both the controls and target population, over 50 percent of the adolescents studied were either the first or second child in the family. Goldfarb, Mumford, Schum, Smith, Flowers, and Schum (1977) found that the pregnant adolescents in their population more often were members of large families with 4 or more brothers and/or sisters. In the present study, 67 percent of the pregnant adolescents and 54 percent of the controls had 4 or more brothers and/or sisters.…”