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Annotation This collection provides a forum for leading scholars to examine theoretical insights and empirical findings associated with the recent decline in adolescent pregnancy and childbearing internationally, with special attention given to the United States. This recent shift in the incidence of adolescent fertility is notable in its consistency and magnitude; at the same time, however, continuing historic disparities require focused attention on the contemporary meaning of early childbearing in the U.S. as well as across the globe. The widely interdisciplinary contributions focus on demographic trends in adolescent fertility; successful intervention approaches and major "lessons learned" regarding primary pregnancy prevention; identification of key theoretical issues associated with these trends, with particular focus on the existence and meaning of disparities and their implications for youth development and wellbeing.

Teenage pregnancy. --- Adolescent pregnancy --- Pregnancy, Adolescent --- Pregnancy, Teenage --- Pregnancy in adolescence --- Teen pregnancy --- Pregnancy

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Teenage mothers --- Teenage pregnancy --- Adolescent pregnancy --- Pregnancy, Adolescent --- Pregnancy, Teenage --- Pregnancy in adolescence --- Teen pregnancy --- Adolescent mothers --- School-age mothers --- Schoolgirls as mothers --- Pregnancy --- Mothers --- Teenage parents

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Wanda Pillow offers an in-depth examination of how schools are providing (and failing to provide) educational opportunities for school-aged mothers in America.

Teenage pregnancy --- Teenage mothers --- Sex discrimination in education --- Adolescent mothers --- School-age mothers --- Schoolgirls as mothers --- Mothers --- Teenage parents --- Adolescent pregnancy --- Pregnancy, Adolescent --- Pregnancy, Teenage --- Pregnancy in adolescence --- Teen pregnancy --- Pregnancy --- Education --- Education (Secondary) --- Law and legislation

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Teenage parenthood is recognised as a significant disadvantage in western industrialised nations. It has been found to increase the likelihood of poverty and to reinforce inequalities. This book explores, for the first time, the links between welfare state provision and teenage reproductive behaviour across a range of countries with differing welfare regimes. Drawing on both welfare state and feminist literature, as well as on new empirical evidence, the book compares public policy responses to teenage parenthood in each 'family' of welfare regime: Nordic, Liberal and Continental (Western European); analyses the different socio-political contexts in which teenage pregnancy is constructed as a social problem and identifies best practice in Europe and the USA. Countries included in the study are the UK, USA, New Zealand, France, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Norway, the Canadian province of Quebec and Russia. The contributors are all internationally recognised experts in the fields of welfare and/or gender studies. When children become parents is important reading for a wide audience of students, policy makers, practitioners and academics in sociology, social policy, social geography, education, psychology, and youth and gender studies.

Political Science --- Health & Fitness --- Public Welfare --- Pregnancy, Adolescent. --- Public Policy --- Social Services & Welfare. --- Pregnancy & Childbirth. --- Adolescent pregnancy --- Pregnancy, Adolescent --- Pregnancy, Teenage --- Pregnancy in adolescence --- Teen pregnancy --- Pregnancy --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Teenage parents. --- Teenage pregnancy. --- Teenage parents --- Welfare state. --- Government policy. --- Adolescent parents --- Parents, Adolescent --- School-age parents --- Parents --- State, Welfare --- Economic policy --- Public welfare --- Social policy --- Welfare economics --- Teenage parents and state --- Teenage parents policy --- State and teenage parents

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Fertility, Human --- Teenage pregnancy --- Teenagers --- Statistics. --- Sexual behavior --- Pregnancy in Adolescence --- Fertility --- Contraception Behavior --- statistics. --- in adolescence --- -Teenage pregnancy --- -Teenagers --- -Adolescents --- Teen-agers --- Teens --- Young adults (Teenagers) --- Adolescent pregnancy --- Pregnancy, Adolescent --- Pregnancy, Teenage --- Pregnancy in adolescence --- Teen pregnancy --- Fécondité humaine --- Youth --- Pregnancy --- Human fertility --- Natality --- Demography --- Human reproduction --- Infertility --- Statistics --- -Statistics --- Sexual Behavior --- Developing Countries --- Statistiques --- Women