Teenage Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing

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Titel: Teenage Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing

Enthält: Frontmatter -- ; Contents -- ; Preface -- ; Overview -- ; I. Trends and Their Interpretation -- ; 1. Teenage Family Formation in Postwar America / Sklar, June / Berkov, Beth --
2. Teenage Illegitimacy: An Exchange / Cutright, Phillips / Furstenberg, Frank F. / Sklar, June / Berkov, Beth --
3. The Legitimacy Status of First Births to U.S. Women Aged 15–24, 1939–1978 / O’Connell, Martin / Moore, Maurice J. --
4. Sexual and Contraceptive Experience of Young Unmarried Women in the United States, 1976 and 1971 / Zelnik, Melvin / Kantner, John F. --
5. First Pregnancies to Women Aged 15–19: 1976 and 1971 / Zelnik, Melvin / Kantner, John F. --
6. Contraceptive Patterns and Premarital Pregnancy Among Women Aged 15–19 in 1976 / Zelnik, Melvin / Kantner, John F. --
7. The Effect of Government Policies on Out-of-Wedlock Sex and Pregnancy / Moore, Kristin A. / Caldwell, Steven B. --
8. The Risk of Adolescent Pregnancy in the First Months of Intercourse / Zabin, Laurie Schwab / Kantner, John F. / Zelnik, Melvin --
9. Teenage Pregnancies: Looking Ahead to 1984 / Tietze, Christopher --
10. Some Speculations on the Future of Marriage and Fertility / Westoff, Charles F. --
II. The Consequences of Early Parenthood -- ; 11. The Health and Social Consequences of Teenage Childbearing / Menken, Jane --
12. The Social Consequences of Teenage Parenthood / Furstenberg, Frank F. --
13. Teenage Mothers and Teenage Fathers: The Impact of Early Childbearing on the Parents' Personal and Professional Lives / Card, Josefina J. / Wise, Lauress L. --
14. Marriage, Remarriage, Marital Disruption and Age at First Birth / McCarthy, James / Menken, Jane --
15. Early Childbearing and Subsequent Fertility / Trussell, James / Menken, Jane --
16. Economic Consequences of Teenage Childbearing / Trussell, James --
17. The Children of Teenage Parents / Baldwin, Wendy / Cain, Virginia S. --
18. Family Support: Helping Teenage Mothers to Cope / Furstenberg, Frank F. / Crawford, Albert G. --
III. Locating the Problem / Defining the Solution -- ; 19. Contraception, Abortion and Venereal Disease: Teenagers' Knowledge and the Effect of Education / Reichelt, Paul A. / Werley, Harriet H. --
20. Guessing and Misinformation About Pregnancy Risk Among Urban Mothers / Presser, Harriet B. --
21. Sexual and Contraceptive Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior of Male Adolescents / Finkel, Madelon Lubin / Finkel, David J. --
22. Early Motherhood: Ignorance or Bliss? / Presser, Harriet B. --
23. Psychological Vulnerability to Unwanted Pregnancy / Miller, Warren B. --
24. Teenagers: Fertility Control Behavior and Attitudes Before and After Abortion, Childbearing or Negative Pregnancy Test / Evans, Jerome R. / Selstad, Georgiana / Welcher, Wayne H. --
25. Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Services in High School Clinics / Edwards, Laura E. / Steinman, Mary E. / Arnold, Kathleen A. / Hakanson, Erick Y. --
IV. Sources of Resistance and Change -- ; 26. Misinforming Pregnant Teenagers / Ambrose, Linda --
27. Contraceptive Services for Adolescents: An Overview / Dryfoos, Joy G. / Heisler, Toni --
28. Teenagers and Pregnancy: The Law in 1979 / Paul, Eve W. / Pilpel, Harriet F. --
Contributors

Beteiligte: Furstenberg Jr., Frank F. [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]; Lincoln, Richard [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]; Menken, Jane [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]

Erschienen: Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981

Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.9783/9781512802009

ISBN: 9781512802009

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Anmerkungen: In English
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web

Beschreibung: Examining the social consequences of teenage childbearing, the editors explain the effects on adolescent parents themselves, their offspring, and their families, and discuss ways of preventing or tempering those effects. Why have Americans suddenly become troubled about teenage sexuality, pregnancy, and childbearing? These are not new problems, certainly, and the birthrate among teenagers--even the youngest of them--has been declining for some years. What has aroused public concern, according to the editors of these essays, is the increased visibility of the problem. The pregnant teenager is no longer expelled from school and forced to marry or discreetly bear a child out of wedlock. She has the option of abortion, and even if she decides to have the child, she is even more likely not to marry. Thus, the sensitivity of Americans to the issues of abortion and illegitimacy is inexorably linked to their concern about adolescent sexuality and pregnancy. The attention focused on the problem has resulted in a considerable amount of research on the causes and consequences of teenage pregnancy, and on the means of preventing it. Over the past decade, Family Planning Perspectives has published much, if not most, of the research on the causes, consequences, and means of coping with problems associated with teenage pregnancy and childbearing. From about 100 articles, the editors have selected 28 key reports that illuminate the issue for scholars, students, and professionals who work with young people in various settings. The contributors to the first section examine historical trends in regard to teenage sexual activity, use of contraception and abortion, pregnancy, and childbirth in and out of wedlock in the context of other changes in social structure and mores. The second section assesses the serious adverse consequences of early childbearing on the young people involved, on their children, and on society. The third section looks into what courses of action are practicable to help teenagers avert the pregnancies and births they do not wish to have, and to cope with problems resulting from early childbearing. The final section evaluates current programs and materials designed to help teenagers prevent unwanted pregnancies or deal with pregnancy when it occurs; it also reviews the state of the law involving contraception, abortion, and pregnancy among teenagers. The book includes an overview and section introductions by the editors, which draw together the implications of the contributions and those of other investigators who have written on this subject. All articles, as well as the editors' contributions, are followed by extensive, up-to-date bibliographies

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