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

Zavodny, Madeline

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2511337

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“…As a result, nonlinear models give similar outcomes. 8 At the same time, as previously mentioned, previous studies that could control personal characteristics of the couple were not able to find an independent influence of premarital teenage pregnancy and its resolution (Zavodny 2000). intercourse in a stable relationship (boyfriend, husband, etc.).…”

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Sexual Initiation Decisions Among Adolescent Women: The Uruguayan Case

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We analyze teenage sexual initiation of Uruguayan women younger than 24 years of age using a multinomial logit model for the alternatives of not initiating, initiating without a contraceptive method, and initiating with a contraceptive method. In this article, we find three relevant results. First, the level of education has a strong impact on the probability of initiating with a contraceptive method. Second, we observe that the information given through the educational system substantially reduces the probability of initiating without methods. The information given through the health system, although it can be biased because of endogeneity problems, is effective because women that obtain it have a higher probability of initiating with the use of contraceptive methods. Finally, there is an intergenerational behavior transmission. Those women whose mothers gave birth for the first time as teenagers have less probability of not initiating, whereas those with highly educated mothers are less probable that they initiate without a contraceptive method.

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“…In fact, the majority of the studies on premarital motherhood are based on models of psychological and sociological behavior, focusing on personal and family variables more than variables related to costs or policies (Plotnick 1992;Lundberg and Plotnick 1995;Zavodny 2000).…”

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confidence: 99%