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Peer reviewedSouth, Scott J.; Baumer, Eric P. – Social Forces, 2000
Racial differences in adolescent premarital childbearing were largely explained by racial differences in neighborhood quality. These neighborhood effects were attributed to peer attitudes and behaviors, adolescents' more tolerant attitudes toward unmarried parenthood, and greater residential mobility in distressed communities. Neighborhood effects…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Community Influence, Disadvantaged Environment
