title: The long-term impact of pregnancy at marriage on the family's economic circumstances.
abstract: In the long run, premaritally pregnant white couples seem able to overcome the problems stemming from early marriage and parenthood. They earn middle-class incomes, own their homes, have some savings. But they do have 22 percent less in total assets and they have more unplanned children than couples who married and deferred childbearing.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004243:Divorce; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008393:Marriage; D008824:Michigan; D011247:Pregnancy; D013997:Time Factors