INTERGENERATIONAL PATTERNS OF TEENAGE FERTILITY
INTERGENERATIONAL PATTERNS OF TEENAGE FERTILITY
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DOI：
10.2307/2061362
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发表时间：
1992-02-01
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
ANDERSON, KE
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作者：
KAHN, JR;ANDERSON, KE
人们经常提到的青少年生育的后果之一是，几代人都有早产现象，从而使贫穷和不利的循环永久化。 我们使用的数据来自1988年全国家庭增长调查（NSFG）。 第四周期，审查1950年代至1980年代达到青春期的妇女的代际青少年生育率联系的趋势和决定因素。 我们发现，与大龄母亲的女儿相比，白色和黑人少女母亲的女儿面临着更高的少女生育风险。 我们还发现，更普遍的是，青少年家庭形成的模式（即，婚姻和生育行为）往往在代际间重复。 结果表明，家庭内部早育倾向不是生物学遗传的，至少不是通过与青春期时间相关的因素。 相反，代际模式似乎至少部分地通过儿童成长的社会经济和家庭环境来运作。
One of the frequently cited consequences of teen childbearing is the repetition of early births across generations, which thereby perpetuates a cycle of poverty and disadvantage. We use data from the 1988 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). Cycle IV, to examine trends and determinants of the intergenerational teen fertility link for women who reached adolescence between the 1950s and the 1980s. We find that daughters of both white and black teen mothers face significantly higher risks of teen childbearing than daughters of older mothers. We also find, more generally, that patterns of teenage family formation (i.e., both marriage and childbearing behaviors) tend to be repeated intergenerationally. The results suggest that the intrafamily propensity for early childbearing is not inherited biologically, at least not through factors related to the timing of puberty. Rather, the intergenerational patterns appear to operate at least in part through the socioeconomic and family context in which children grow up.