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 article reviews recent evidence on the changing patterns of childbearing among
adolescents and the impact of premature parenthood on the life course of young mothers …

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 …

In its evolution, psychoanalysis has increasingly recognized that human behavior is as
motivated by the search for a coherent sense of self as it is impelled by drives and defenses …

The age at which a young woman marries appears to be related strongly to the probability
that the marriage remains intact: older couples tend to make more stable pairings than those …

This paper examines the probabilities of first marriage dissolution in Canada, using the
marital history data collected from a national sample of women in their reproductive years. It …

Aim To test the relationships between various forms of substance use during marriage and
subsequent divorce among US young adults. Design Three waves of survey data collected …

Medical and nonmedical studies of teenage pregnancy and its outcomes are reviewed, and
the state of our current knowledge is assessed. It is suggested that, while the typical teenage …

One out of every 10 women aged 15-19 becomes pregnant each year in the United States.
Of these pregnancies, five out of every six are unintended-92 percent of those conceived …

Family formation and dissolution is a process by which individuals make transitions between
different statuses, such as married or not married. These family life-course transitions can be …