Adolescent Mothers in Later Life

by Frank F. Furstenberg Jr., S. Philip Morgan, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, et al.

Book Overview

This landmark study traces the life histories of approximately 300 teenage mothers and their children over a seventeen-year period. From interview data and case studies, it provides a vivid account of the impact of early childbearing on young mothers and their children. Some remarkable and surprising results emerge from this unique study of the long term adaptation to early parenthood. It also offers new insights into the unexplored connections between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521379687
• ISBN13: 9780521379687
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"