Do the sisters of childbearing teenagers have increased rates of childbearing?

Friede, Andrew; Hogue, Carol J.; Doyle, Leah; Hammerslough, Charles R.; Sniezek, Joseph E.; Arrighi, H. Michael

doi:10.2105/ajph.76.10.1221

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“…Considerable evidence documents that sisters of childbearing teenagers have disproportionately high teenage pregnancy rates and birthrates 1–6 . In one study, young women whose sisters had had a teenage birth had teenage childbearing rates more than twice those of same‐age females within a matched city census tract and up to five times the overall rate for their state 1 .…”

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Association Between Adolescent Pregnancy And a Family History of Teenage Births

East

Reyes

Horn

2007

Perspect Sexual Reproductive

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CONTEXT-The extent to which young women's risk of adolescent pregnancy is associated with having a mother who was a teenage parent, a sister who was a teenage parent or both is not known.METHODS-A sample of 127 Latina and black adolescent females completed in-depth surveys at three time points between 1994 and 2000. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine whether socioeconomic factors, mothers' parenting characteristics and certain sibling relationship qualities explain the association between a family history of teenage births and young women's risk of pregnancy. RESULTS-Comparedwith young women with no family history of teenage births, young women whose sister had had a teenage birth and those whose sister and mother both had had teenage births were significantly more likely to experience a teenage pregnancy (odds ratios, 4.8 and 5.1, respectively). Young women who had only a sister who had had a teenage birth had greater odds of pregnancy than young women who had only a mother who had had a teenage birth (4.5). Having both a mother and a sister who had had teenage births was independently associated with an elevated risk of pregnancy (3.7), even after controlling for socioeconomic and mothers' parenting characteristics. Frequent companionship with an older sister was associated with increased odds of teenage pregnancy (4.5); frequent conflict with an older sister who had had a teenage birth was marginally associated with decreased odds of the outcome (0.3). CONCLUSION-Pregnancy prevention interventions targeting young women according to maternal and sibling teenage birth histories may be effective.Considerable evidence documents that sisters of child-bearing teenagers have disproportionately high teenage pregnancy rates and birthrates. [1][2][3][4][5][6] In one study, young women whose sisters had had a teenage birth had teenage childbearing rates more than twice those of same-age females within a matched city census tract and up to five times the overall rate for their state. 1 Other studies have shown daughters of teenage mothers to be significantly more likely than young women whose mothers delayed parenting until adulthood to experience a teenage birth. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] For example, according to two studies that used nationally representative samples (one in the United States and one in Great Britain), the teenage birthrate of daughters of teenage mothers was more than twice that of daughters of women who were 20 or older at first birth. 12,13 NIH Public Access Author ManuscriptPerspect Sex Reprod Health. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2013 September 08. NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author ManuscriptDespite the strong evidence for these trends, the incremental risk of adolescent pregnancy among young women who have both a sister and a mother who had teenage births is not known. Such young women are more likely exposed to norms for early parenthood than are women with either a mother or a sister who had teenage births. However, a mother's expe...

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Association Between Adolescent Pregnancy And a Family History of Teenage Births

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2007

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“…The siblings of parenting teens spent 10 hr a week caring for their sisters' children, and, for girls, many hours of child care was associated with negative outcomes including permissive sexual behavior. Findings suggest that the younger sisters of parenting teens are at very high risk of early pregnancy and that this risk becomes increasingly pronounced across time.Numerous reports have documented that the sisters of teenage mothers have adolescent childbearing rates 2 to 6 times higher than women in the general population depending on the comparison group used (Cox, Emans, & Bithoney, 1993;Friede et al, 1986;Hogan & Kitagawa, 1985; reviewed in East & Felice, 1992). The sisters of teenage mothers have also been shown to be younger at first pregnancy (Cox et al, 1993), younger at sexual onset (Hogan & Kitagawa, 1985), and more likely to have had sexual intercourse during early adolescence (East, 1996b;East, Felice, & Morgan, 1993) than girls of comparable race and socioeconomic status.…”

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The younger siblings of teenage mothers: A follow-up of their pregnancy risk.

East¹,

Jacobson²

2001

Developmental Psychology

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This study followed 243 younger brothers and younger sisters of parenting teens and nonparenting teens across a 1.5-year period. The average age of siblings was 13.6 years at Time 1 and 15 years at Time 2. Relative to other youths, the sisters of parenting teens exhibited a sharp increase in drug and alcohol use and partying behavior across time and had the highest pregnancy rate at Time 2 (15%). The siblings of parenting teens spent 10 hr a week caring for their sisters' children, and, for girls, many hours of child care was associated with negative outcomes including permissive sexual behavior. Findings suggest that the younger sisters of parenting teens are at very high risk of early pregnancy and that this risk becomes increasingly pronounced across time.Numerous reports have documented that the sisters of teenage mothers have adolescent childbearing rates 2 to 6 times higher than women in the general population depending on the comparison group used (Cox, Emans, & Bithoney, 1993;Friede et al., 1986;Hogan & Kitagawa, 1985; reviewed in East & Felice, 1992). The sisters of teenage mothers have also been shown to be younger at first pregnancy (Cox et al., 1993), younger at sexual onset (Hogan & Kitagawa, 1985), and more likely to have had sexual intercourse during early adolescence (East, 1996b;East, Felice, & Morgan, 1993) than girls of comparable race and socioeconomic status.Although these studies clearly point to an increased pregnancy risk among the sisters of childbearing teens, they do not address at what point in development these sisters begin to show an increased vulnerability to early pregnancy and which behaviors emerge as indicative of high pregnancy risk. In addition, very little attention has been paid to the likelihood of the brothers of teenage mothers causing a pregnancy during adolescence. Are brothers of teenage mothers more likely to father a child as a teen than other boys their same age, race, and socioeconomic status? If so, at what age is this likelihood apparent and which specific behaviors emerge as risk factors for teen fatherhood for boys? Previous research has also not addressed whether the sisters of childbearing teens are at higher risk for adolescent parenthood than the brothers of childbearing teens. Girls may be more strongly and more negatively affected by a sister's teenage pregnancy than boys because of stronger withingender modeling and identification processes (Bandura, 1977;Bank & Kahn, 1982). For example, compared with boys, girls would be more likely to identify with their sister's role as mother. Girls may also feel more competitive and jealous of a childbearing sister because the sister has done something that they are also presumably capable of but have not yet done (East, 1996a;East & Shi, 1997). This competitiveness may incite the sisters of childbearing NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript teens to also have a baby, whereas it may not be present for or relevant to the brothers of childbearing teens.The current study a...

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“…Sisters of childbearing teenagers have significantly elevated rates of teenage pregnancy and risky sexual behavior (Cox, Emans & Bithoney, 1993; East & Felice, 1992; East & Jacobson, 2001; East & Kiernan, 2001; Friede et al, 1986; Hardy et al, 1998; Hogan & Kitagawa, 1985). There are high concordance rates between sibling sexual activity, especially for younger female siblings (Haurin & Mott, 1990; McHale, Kim & Whiteman, 2006; Kornreich, Hearn, Rodriguez & O'Sullivan, 2003; Rodgers & Rowe, 1988; Widmer, 1997).…”

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Sibling Teenage Pregnancy and Clinic-Referred Girls’ Condom Use: The Protective Role of Maternal Monitoring

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Younger sisters of teenage parents have elevated rates of engaging in unprotected sex. This may result from changes in parenting behavior after a sibling becomes pregnant or impregnates a partner, and be particularly pronounced for girls seeking mental health treatment. The current study examines condom use over time in 211 African-American girls recruited from outpatient psychiatric clinics. Findings indicate that having a sibling with a teenage pregnancy history predicts less consistent condom use two years later. After accounting for earlier condom use and mental health problems, maternal monitoring moderates condom use such that for girls with a sibling with a pregnancy history, more vigilant maternal monitoring is associated with increased condom use, while for girls with no sibling pregnancy history, maternal monitoring is unrelated to adolescents’ condom use two years later. Findings suggest that targeted interventions to increase maternal monitoring of high-risk teens may be beneficial for girls with a sibling history of teenage pregnancy.

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Do the sisters of childbearing teenagers have increased rates of childbearing?

Cited by 26 publications

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Association Between Adolescent Pregnancy And a Family History of Teenage Births

Association Between Adolescent Pregnancy And a Family History of Teenage Births

The younger siblings of teenage mothers: A follow-up of their pregnancy risk.

Sibling Teenage Pregnancy and Clinic-Referred Girls’ Condom Use: The Protective Role of Maternal Monitoring

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