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Inequities Compounded: Explaining Variations in the Transition to Adulthood for Teen Mothers' Offspring.
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PMID:  22538448     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Teen mothers as a cohort are disproportionately disadvantaged before pregnancy and are assumed to be further disadvantaged by an early pregnancy. A growing number of studies report that teen mothers and their children are disadvantaged slightly, if at all, by young maternal age. These studies highlight the social determinants of early childbearing but do not reveal the social contexts that shape the transition into adulthood for teen mothers' offspring. This report addresses this gap by presenting two cases from a longitudinal study that investigated how family members' lives unfold in the context of race, class, family practices, and communities. By the sixth wave, two of the mothers' first-born children had become teen parents. Both cases showcase the diverse outcomes and cumulative impact of social advantage and disadvantage on the transition into young adulthood. Implications are described in relation to what is known about social inequities in the transition into adulthood.
Authors:
Lee Smithbattle; Victoria Leonard
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-4-25
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of family nursing     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1552-549X     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-4-27     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9503761     Medline TA:  J Fam Nurs     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
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