Abstract:While marriage and childbirth are generally considered positive adult
outcomes, it is not clear that this holds true among low income young women.
Beyond adolescent parenting, little empirical data exists on various types of
family formation in this population. The aims of this study were twofold: (1) to
understand predictors of type of family formation (e.g., none, childrearing,
marriage, or both) among 4,385 young women with childhood histories of poverty
and/or maltreatment; and (2) to explore whether famil… Show more
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