Academic and behavioral outcomes among the children of young mothers

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 355-369

  Levine, Judith A ^a   Pollack, Harold ^c   Comfort, Maureen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual activity; Behavior problems; Grade retention; Poverty; Teen childbearing and parenthood; Test scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035343932     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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