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Peer reviewedMarsiglio, William; Menaghan, Elizabeth G. – Journal of Family Issues, 1990
Examined gender differences in adolescents' personal views about pregnancy resolution and family formation. Surveyed adolescents (n=577) using vignette involving unplanned pregnancy. Findings showed similar percentages of males and females preferred abortion and adoption as strategies for handling pregnancy, but females were more likely to select…
Descriptors: Abortions, Adolescents, Adoption, Early Parenthood
Direct linkPlotnick, Robert D.; Garfinkel, Irwin; McLanahan, Sara S.; Ku, Inhoe – Journal of Family Issues, 2004
Stricter child support enforcement may reduce unwed childbearing by raising the costs of fatherhood. The authors investigate this hypothesis using a sample of young women from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, to which they add information on state child support enforcement. Models of the probability of a teenage premarital birth and of…
Descriptors: Unwed Mothers, Costs, Adolescents, Pregnancy
