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Teenage Pregnancy and Child's Well-being |
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- Infants born to teenage mothers are more likely to be born prematurely and have a lower birth weight.8
- Teenagers are less likely than older women to receive consistent prenatal care.8
- Children of teenage mothers do not does as well in school as children of older parents (see Teenage pregnancy and education)
- Children of teenage parents are twice as likely to be abused or neglected as children of parents who delayed childbearing.15
- Young teen mothers (17 and younger at the time of birth) are 2.2 times more likely to have a child placed in foster care than mothers who delayed childbearing until 20-21. They are also twice as likely to have a case reported of abuse or neglect.15
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The Effects of Teenage Pregnancy
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