On Becoming a Teen Mom

Erdmans, Mary Patrice; Black, Timothy

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“…In Australia, 27% of adolescent mothers live in owner households, 66% privately rent, and few live in communityor government-subsidized housing (Bradbury, 2006). These findings suggest adolescent mothers are a heterogeneous group whose experiences are socially embedded, and adds to a growing voice demanding that construction of adolescent mothers as a problem detracts from addressing need (Erdmans & Black, 2015;Sheeran, Jones, Farnell, & Rowe, 2016).…”

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“…There is also evidence that adolescent mothers' lives often diverge from popular negative stereotypes. These findings suggest adolescent mothers are a heterogeneous group whose experiences are socially embedded, and adds to a growing voice demanding that construction of adolescent mothers as a problem detracts from addressing need (Erdmans & Black, 2015;Sheeran, Jones, Farnell, & Rowe, 2016). In Australia, 27% of adolescent mothers live in owner households, 66% privately rent, and few live in communityor government-subsidized housing (Bradbury, 2006).…”

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Adolescent Mothers' Experiences Over Time

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Objective To examine patterns and trajectories for Australian adolescent mothers as they transition into adulthood. Background Adolescent mothers have diverse outcomes; some experience multiple negative outcomes for themselves and their children, and others prosper. Little is known about the experience over time for adolescent mothers and what factors affect their trajectories. Method Three exemplar women's stories are presented as case studies, showcasing themes identified from in‐depth interviews conducted with 10 women who gave birth as adolescents. Interviews were conducted at the time of infant birth, as well as 3 months, 12 months, and 5 years later. Results Two themes emerged that captured the nuanced experiences of these adolescent mothers: stability to chaos and I've grown, but I can't reach the stars. Stability in the areas of family, relationships, geography, and planning/routine were related to whether young women had sufficient resources to focus on their own growth. Conclusion An adolescent mother's functioning is related to the extent to which she experiences stability across a number of key domains, which in turn act to limit or enable growth and development. Implications Adolescent mothers are a heterogeneous group. Targeted assessments and interventions are needed that address disadvantage and promote stability.

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“…We seek to fill gaps in the literature by unpacking these processes. Preexisting social disadvantages based on characteristics such as socio-economic status, race/ethnicity, and geographic location shape young women’s selection into both teen childbearing ( Erdmans and Black 2015 ; Furstenberg 2003 ; Kearney and Levine 2015 ; Wodtke 2013 ) and smoking ( Chassin et al 1996 ; Lawrence, Pampel, and Mollborn 2014 ). In other words, young women who become smokers and those who become teen mothers are not evenly distributed throughout the population, and in many cases they disproportionately come from the same segments of the population.…”

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A longitudinal examination of US teen childbearing and smoking risk

Mollborn¹,

Woo²,

Rogers³

2018

DemRes

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BACKGROUND Teenage motherhood and smoking have important health implications for youth in the United States and globally, but the link between teen childbearing and subsequent smoking is inadequately understood. The selection of disadvantaged young women into early childbearing and smoking may explain higher smoking levels among teen mothers, but teen motherhood may also shape subsequent smoking through compromised maternal depression or socioeconomic status, and race/ethnicity may condition these processes. OBJECTIVE This study examines the relationship between US teen childbearing and subsequent daily smoking, accounting for prior smoking and selection processes related to social disadvantage. Analyses investigate whether socioeconomic status and depression in young adulthood explained any relationship between teen childbearing and daily smoking, as well as examining racial/ethnic heterogeneity in these processes. METHODS Multivariate binary logistic regression analyses employ the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health; N = 7,529). RESULTS The highest daily smoking prevalence occurred among non-Hispanic White teen mothers, with lower prevalence among Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black teen mothers. Compared to other women, teenage mothers are 2.5 times as likely to smoke daily in young adulthood. Their greater likelihood of daily smoking is due in part to selection and is also mediated by socioeconomic status in ways that differ by race/ethnicity. CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest that preventing teen pregnancy or ameliorating its socioeconomic consequences may decrease daily smoking in this vulnerable population. Reducing teen smoking, especially during pregnancy, could improve teen, maternal, and infant health and thereby increase US health and longevity. CONTRIBUTION This study provides new, nationally representative information about selection, mediation, and heterogeneity processes in the relationship between teen childbearing and subsequent smoking.

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“…Even the choice to bear children may be scrutinized because poor women are supposed to be fully committed to working to move out of poverty. In interviews with teen mothers, Erdmans and Black () uncovered the pervasive message that women should not have children until they can afford them, despite the reality that many will never escape poverty. In fact, some research suggests that the economic prospects for social mobility among low‐income women may not actually change if they postpone childbearing (Edin & Kefalas, ; Furstenberg, ).…”

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“…They imitated nuclear families, compensated for deficits, and employed delimitation to hide their nonnuclear status or to criticize nuclear families (Zartler, ). Less explored have been the ways in which bonds with children may motivate and benefit single mothers (Edin & Kefalas, ; Erdmans & Black, ).…”

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Moving “Up and Out” Together: Exploring the Mother–Child Bond in Low‐Income, Single‐Mother‐Headed Families

Freeman

2016

J of Marriage and Family

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Bearing children is often viewed as negatively impacting the social mobility of low‐income single mothers. This analysis draws on 66 in‐depth interviews with low‐income, single‐mother participants in an antipoverty program in Boston. The author argues that the mother–child relationship is at the center of efforts by these single mothers to move out of poverty. Interviewees repeatedly expressed the primacy of their children's needs being met in order for them to move forward. Mothers tried to include their children in efforts to move out of poverty, thus fulfilling the role of a “good mother” while exhibiting proper behavior for a poor person trying to achieve economic independence. The data here highlight the limitations of policy initiatives that fail to acknowledge the centrality of children's well‐being to the lives of single mothers and suggest that the mother–child bond may be an untapped resource for policies and programs serving this community.

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On Becoming a Teen Mom

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Adolescent Mothers' Experiences Over Time

Adolescent Mothers' Experiences Over Time

A longitudinal examination of US teen childbearing and smoking risk

Moving “Up and Out” Together: Exploring the Mother–Child Bond in Low‐Income, Single‐Mother‐Headed Families

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