"Abstinence unless Married" Education
This report looks at the abstinence-unless-married education provisions set out in the 1996 reform of the federal welfare law in the United States.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• Center for Law and Social Policy • July 01, 1998

Learning, Family Formation and Dissolution
This paper examines the role of education in the formation and dissolution of marriages, cohabiting relationships and childbearing and discusses topics such as the relationship between extended education and late childbearing as well as the relationship between educational study and divorce.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning • June 2002

When Teen Have Sex: Issues and Trends
This report provides statistical information pertaining to teenage pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates in the United States from 1991 to 1996.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation • January 01, 1999

Sexuality, Poverty, and the Inner City
This document contains two papers on poverty and sexuality in the inner-city and focuses on teenage sexual relationships and pregnancies, and the impact of increasing numbers of unwed mothers on the welfare system.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • 1994

Repeat Teen Childbearing: Differences Across States and by Race and Ethnicity
This research brief provides statistics on repeat teen childbearing in the United States.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• Child Trends • October 2007

Teen pregnancy, by outcome of pregnancy and age group, count and rate per 1,000 women, Canada, provinces and territories, 2003 to 2004
These pages provide statistics on the total number of teen pregnancies, abortions, live births and fetal losses in Canada in 2003-2004.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• Statistics Canada • December 2007

One in Three: The Case for Wanted and Welcomed Pregnancy
This paper provides a an statistical overview of unwanted pregnancies in the United States.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • May 2007

Teen Birth Rates in the United States, 1940-2005
This fact sheet shows teen birth rates in the United States from 1940-2005.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy • 2007

Vulnerable Youth: Recent Trends
This report examined the progress of different groups of vulnerable youth including youth who suffer abuse, youth living in foster care, teen mothers and teens in juvenile detention centres.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• Child Trends • April 2006

Facts at a Glance: A Fact Sheet Reporting National, State-level, and City-level Trends in Teen Childbearing
This statistical compilation provides data on teen birth rates by state and major city, including number of pregnancies to teen mothers.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• Child Trends • June 2007

Teen Childbearing in America's Largest Cities
This paper examines changes to teenage childbearing patterns in the fifty largest cities in the United States from 1991 to 1996.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation • 1999

Has ‘Welfare Dependency’ Increased?
This paper examines changes in the pattern of welfare dependency among women, particularly teen mothers, and looks at factors that contribute to termination of welfare reliance.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• Institute for Research on Poverty • October 01, 1997

An Evaluation of California’s Adolescent Sibling Pregnancy Prevention Program
In this article the authors provide evidence of the effectiveness of a program designed to prevent pregnancy among the siblings of teen parents, a group found to be at an exceptionally high risk of adolescent pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • April 01, 2003

Transmitting Values about Education: A Comparison of Black Teen Mothers and Their Nonparent Peers
This paper compares the attitudes on the value of educational attainment promoted by families of black teen mothers and non-mothers, and seeks to determine whether or not these attitudes influence their childbearing and educational decisions.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1996

Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenthood: Recent Evidence and Future Directions
This paper gives an overview of trends in teenage pregnancy and birth rates, and of recent research relating to adolescent sexual activity, pregnancy, and parenthood.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago • October 1997

Parent Power: what Parents Need to Know and Do to Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy
This survey of 12-19 year olds in the United States revealed that while parents think teens' friends are the biggest influence over teen sexual behaviour, teens say that parents have the most sway over their sexual decisions.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • September 30, 2003

Teenage Pregnancy: Trends, Contributing Factors and the Physician's Role
This article explores Canadian teen pregnancy rates compared to other countries and suggests ways physicians can engage with teens about sexual activity, contraceptives and teen pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• Canadian Medical Association • May 22, 2007

No Minor Matter: Developing a Coherent Policy on Paternity Establishment for Children Born to Underage Parents
This report discusses the importance of being able to establish paternity for children born to unmarried parents and examines the particular challenges faced when the father is a minor.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• Center for Law and Social Policy • March 01, 2004

How Does Adolescent Fertility Affect the Human Capital and Wages of Young Women?
This paper investigates the impact of teenage childbearing on the educational attainment, employment, and income of young women.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1997

Second or Subsequent Births to Teenagers
This study found that the rate of second or subsequent births to teenagers fell between 1993 and 2003.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
• Statistics Canada • February 2007