The Social and Demographic Consequences of Teenage Childbearing for Urban Women

摘要

The study investigates the relationship between women's roles and fertility, focusing on the age at which women had their first child. In particular, it seeks to determine some of the distinctive role-related aspects of teenage childbearing and childbearing relative to those who postpone motherhood until their twenties. The study is based on a sample of 310 women in New York City from all economic strata, both black and white, married and unmarried, who had their first child in July of 1970, 1971, or 1972. They were interviewed three times: in 1973, 1974, and 1976.