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Age Differences Between Minors Who Give Birth and Their Adult Partners


  Author: Laura Duberstein Lindberg, Freya L. Sonenstein, Leighton Ku, Gladys Martinez
Publisher: The Alan Guttmacher Institute
Publication: Family Planning Perspectives Vol. 29, No. 2
Document Date:                  April 01, 1997
Category: Adolescence/Youth > Dating
Related Categories:
Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Sexual Activity
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fatherhood
Sexuality > Sexual Attitudes
Sexuality > Sexual Initiation Age
 

This study investigates the percentage of births by girls aged 15 to 17 that are fathered by men at least five years older than them.  It also examines the characteristics of these girls, and their relationship with their older partner, and looks at the particular socio-economic status of adult men who father children with minors.

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