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Teenage Cohabitation, Marriage, and Childbearing
Population research and policy review, v 34(2), pp 161-177
01 Apr 2015
PMCID: PMC4426270
PMID: 25972620
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Abstract
Cohabitation is an integral part of family research; however, little work examines cohabitation among teenagers or links between cohabitation and teenage childbearing. Drawing on the National Survey of Family Growth (2006-10), we examine family formation activities (i.e., cohabitation, marriage, and childbearing) of 3,945 15-19 year old women from the mid 1990s through 2010. One-third (34 %) of teenagers cohabit, marry, or have a child. Teenage cohabitation and marriage are both positively associated with higher odds of having a child. The vast majority of single pregnant teenagers do not form a union before the birth of their child; only 22 % cohabit and 5 % marry. Yet most single pregnant teenagers eventually cohabit, 59 % did so by the child's third birthday and about 9 % marry. Cohabitation is an important part of the landscape of the adolescent years, and many teenage mothers described as "single mothers" are actually in cohabiting relationships.
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- Title
- Teenage Cohabitation, Marriage, and Childbearing
- Creators
- Wendy D. Manning - Bowling Green State UniversityJessica A. Cohen - St. Mary's University, Texas
- Publication Details
- Population research and policy review, v 34(2), pp 161-177
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 17
- Grant note
- R24HD050959 / Center for Family and Demographic Research at Bowling Green State University from The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development R24HD050959 / EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Sociology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000351545200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84939890717
- Other Identifier
- 991021862383004721
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