Briefly - Policy Brief: The Link Between Reducing Teen
and Unplanned Pregnancy and Poverty (2010)
One strategic and powerful way to help reduce poverty is to help teens and young adults wait to have children until they are prepared for the lifelong responsibilities of raising a child. And for those who are already parents, we should do all we can to help them plan for their future family goals and to think about how additional children might affect their relationship, their finances, and their ability to be the best parents they can be for their child or children they already have.
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The Power of Prevention
by Andrea Kane
From Spotlight on Poverty, November 2008.
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Why It Matters: Teen Pregnancy, Poverty, and Income Disparity
Poverty is a cause as well as a consequence
of early childbearing, and some impoverished young mothers
may end up faring poorly no matter when their children
are born. Nevertheless, although disadvantaged backgrounds
account for many of the burdens that young
women shoulder, having a baby during adolescence only
makes matters worse.
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Why It Matters: Teen Pregnancy, Poverty, and Income Disparity
The What If? Project
What if teen birth rates in each state had not declined between 1991 and 2002? Declining teen birth rates have significantly improved overall child well-being in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to our state-by-state analysis released in 2005. Specifically, declines in the teen birth rate have had a direct impact on improving child poverty in all 50 states. Child poverty would have been worse in 2002 if state teen birth rates had not declined between 1991 and 2002.
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