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Peer reviewedDalla, Rochelle L.; Gamble, Wendy C. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2001
A study examined attitudes towards teenage motherhood among 25 Navajo reservation residents, including 8 teenage mothers, their mothers, and 4 teenage fathers. Findings indicate that teenage parenting was discouraged despite the matrilineal nature of Navajo society, men were frequently absent from family life, single maternity was preferable to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Births to Single Women, Cohabitation, Community Attitudes
