Subsequent Fertility Among Teen Mothers: Longitudinal Analyses of Recent National Data

Manlove, Jennifer; Mariner, Carrie; Papillo, Angela Romano

doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00430.x

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“…Similar to other research using a different database (Manlove et al, 2000), we found that living with parents was associated with lower odds of a nonmarital subsequent birth. This finding suggests that policies which dictate that young mothers must live with an adult in order to receive welfare benefits may have a positive effect on reducing higher-order births among teens.…”

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State-level Welfare Policies and Nonmarital Subsequent Childbearing

Ryan

Manlove

Hofferth

2006

Popul Res Policy Rev

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Using discrete time event history analyses of data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), we examine the association between state-level welfare waiver policies implemented before the 1996 welfare reform legislation and the risk of a nonmarital subsequent birth. Our study makes a unique contribution to the existing literature by using a national-level sample of unmarried mothers who ever received welfare. This high-risk sample represents the women of most interest to policymakers, as it is the exact group to whom welfare reform is targeted—welfare mothers at risk of having nonmarital additional births. The state policies we study include: family cap, earnings disregard, work exemptions, work requirements, and sanctions. We conclude that, although reducing the number of nonmarital births is a key goal of welfare reform, state-established welfare waiver policies do not have any influence on women’s childbearing behaviors in this sample, net of women’s individual characteristics and state economic environments. Even the family cap policy, which was designed for the sole purpose of reducing additional births, has no significant association with nonmarital subsequent childbearing. Instead, personal characteristics, not public policies, are stronger determinants of women’s childbearing decisions. Age, race/ethnicity, marital status, number of previous children, education level, and welfare receipt are significantly associated with nonmarital subsequent births. Overall, this paper contributes to an expanding body of research that shows minimal effects of welfare waivers on fertility. Our work suggests that more targeted policies are necessary to be able to influence individual family formation behaviors. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006Family cap, Fertility, Nonmarital childbearing, Welfare,

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“…We expect a curvilinear relationship between age of youngest child and subsequent birth, with a lower likelihood of an additional birth at the ends of the age distribution. Women living at home with a parent are typically less likely to have an additional birth (Manlove et al, 2000).…”

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State-level Welfare Policies and Nonmarital Subsequent Childbearing

Ryan

Manlove

Hofferth

2006

Popul Res Policy Rev

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“…Greater spacing between pregnancies can lead to healthier pregnancy outcomes or to a decision not to become Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 13:22 13 April 2015 pregnant again until after graduation. Moreover, as the literature suggests, a second or a third closely spaced child makes it even more difficult for the teen mothers to access educational and occupational opportunities (Manlove, Mariner, & Papillo, 2000). The fact that there was essentially no difference in the delay in the timing of repeat pregnancies between intervention and comparison program parenting teens could be due to small sample sizes, especially among the comparison group.…”

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Longitudinal Evaluation of a Teenage Pregnancy Case Management Program in Oklahoma

Tolma

Stoner

McCumber

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Journal of Family Social Work

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“…With regard to maternal life course, subsequent births to teen mothers, especially closely spaced ones, make it difficult for the mothers to move out of poverty (Harris 1996;Horwitz et al 1991;Stewart and Dooley 1999). In addition, adolescent mothers who have closely spaced births are more likely to have lower levels of educational attainment, drop out of high school, and depend upon public assistance (Dailard 2000;Furstenberg et al 1987;Manlove et al 2000). These findings, along with research on the negative outcomes of early child rearing in general, support an emphasis on the prevention of TRBs as a key public health policy initiative.…”

Section: The Effects Of Teen Repeat Births On Child Health and Develomentioning

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The Effects of a Healthy Families Home Visitation Program on Rapid and Teen Repeat Births

Ownbey¹,

Ownbey²,

Cullen³

2011

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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The prevention of Rapid Repeat Births (RRBs) and Teen Repeat Births (TRBs) is an important indicator of the effectiveness of home visitation programs that serve mothers who are at-risk for child maltreatment. This study examined the effects on RRBs and TRBs of a rural/small town home visitation program based on the Healthy Families America (HFA) model. The participants in this study were referred between 1999 and 2007 and included a Treatment Group of 140 at-risk mothers who met minimum engagement criteria and a Comparison Group of 241 atrisk mothers who were referred for services but not enrolled due to limits on program capacity. In addition, county-wide TRB data was used as the basis for a static group comparison. With regard to RRBs, the rates for the Treatment (18%) and Comparison (30%) groups were compared using a Chi-Square test of homogeneity. The null hypothesis that there would be no difference between the rates for the two groups was rejected at the .05 level. Similarly, with regard to TRBs, the null hypothesis that there would be no difference between the rates for the Treatment (9%) and Comparison (27%) groups was rejected at that .01 level. Furthermore, using a Chi-Square test of independence, this investigation tested the null hypothesis that the rates for the two groups would not differ from the county-wide rate (24%). This hypothesis was also rejected at the .01 level. Overall, these results of this inquiry support the conclusion that participants in a rigorously implemented HFA program show significantly lower rates of RRB and TRB when compared to a comparable group of at-risk nonparticipants. They also appear to have a significantly lower incidence of TRB than teen mothers in the general population.

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Subsequent Fertility Among Teen Mothers: Longitudinal Analyses of Recent National Data

Cited by 58 publications

References 29 publications

State-level Welfare Policies and Nonmarital Subsequent Childbearing

State-level Welfare Policies and Nonmarital Subsequent Childbearing

Longitudinal Evaluation of a Teenage Pregnancy Case Management Program in Oklahoma

The Effects of a Healthy Families Home Visitation Program on Rapid and Teen Repeat Births

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