Population aging is a marker of our success in both extending longevity and planning our
reproduction. The demographic changes that result in the aging of the population also …

Background: Australia's teenage birth rate has fallen to historic lows, but teenage
motherhood still occurs and can be challenging for mother and baby. Objective: The aim of …

Objective: This study took a long view of childhood experiences that can contribute to the
risk of teen pregnancy in the United States and Canada, two countries with different norms …

Social relationships are essential to our emotional, social, physical, and economic well-
being at every stage of the life course (House et al. 1988). National surveys consistently …

BACKGROUND Despite a persistent decline in Korea's marriage rates over the past three
decades, there is a striking lack of research on the transition to marriage among young …

Developing programs that ensure a safe start to life for Indigenous children can lead to
better health outcomes. To create effective strategies, governments must have accurate and …

Background: Teenage pregnancy rates are falling in many high-resource settings, but for
those who do conceive, the socioeconomic and educational disadvantage that ensues is …

The children of teen mothers are at elevated risk for becoming teen parents themselves. The
current study aimed to identify how levels of mothers' education were associated with risk of …

This paper uses immigration to investigate the intergenerational transmission of culture. The
culture is proxied by nonmarital fertility and age at the first birth in the immigrant's home …

Thirty years ago, rural Americans got married and had children at significantly younger ages
than urban Americans. More recent data indicate that these differences persist today, but our …