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Is Teen Marriage a Solution?


  Author: Naomi Seiler
Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy
Publication:
Document Date:                  April 2002
Category: Marriage > Marital Satisfaction
Related Categories:
Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Motherhood
Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Sexual Activity
Marriage > Marital Age
Marriage > Marital Duration
Marriage > Marriage
Public Policy > Marriage
 

This paper suggests that marriage is often not the best option for pregnant teens.  Although some public policy groups advocate providing pregnant teens with incentives to marry, this report argues that teen marriages are often unstable, unhappy, and unlikely to last.

 

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