Double Jeopardy: Repeat Births to Teens; One in Five Teens Giving Birth are Already Mothers

David Carrier:

What is worse than having a baby as a teenager? For one in five teens giving birth, it is having another baby as a teen. A new Child Trends research brief reveals that 20 percent of births to female teens between the ages of 15 and 19 in 2004 were to teens who were already mothers.

The brief, Repeat Teen Childbearing: Differences Across States and by Race and Ethnicity, highlights state-level data on second and higher order births. The proportion of teen births that are repeat births in each state tends to mirror overall teen birth rates:

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 6, 2007 12:00 AM
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