Effects of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood on High School Dropout

Author: Douglas K. Anderson Publisher: Institute for Research on Poverty Publication: Document Date:                  December 01, 1993 Category: Education > Drop-Out Related Categories: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Sexual Activity Adolescence/Youth > High School Parenthood/Childrearing > Motherhood Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers   Using information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper indicates that pregnant students and young mothers are more likely to drop-out than their peers and that the risk of dropping out decreases with age.     Click to read this article... (PDF) Send us feedback on this article Bookmark this link