An enormous amount of research on the transition to adulthood in America is founded on
early landmark studies that include Elmtown's Youth by August B. Hollingshead (1961), The …

More than 1 million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly
half give birth. Why do these young people, who are hardly more than children themselves …

This landmark study traces the life histories of approximately 300 teenage mothers and their
children over a seventeen-year period. From interview data and case studies, it provides a …

Black teenagers living in metropolitan areas of the United States initiate sexual intercourse
at earlier ages than other teenagers and have higher rates of premarital pregnancy …

This paper presents information on the role and significance of social support for the
occurrence of health and birth problems among adolescent mothers and their babies …

We investigate the influence of family background on early entry into marriage and
parenthood among white, Hispanic, and black men and women ages 14 to 22 in the first …

The transition from adolescence to adulthood is marked by a series of interrelated events
that represent movement from economic dependence and participation in the family of origin …

In this paper we introduce a new set of tempo-adjusted period parity progression measures
in order to account for two distinct implications caused by delays in childbearing: tempo …

Objectives In high‐income populations, evidence suggests that socioeconomic
disadvantage early in life is correlated with reproductive strategy. Children growing up in …

Using data on women from the 1985 Current Population Survey, we analyze the distinct
effects of covariates on birth stopping and birth spacing. We develop behavioral models of …