title: The social consequences of teenage parenthood.
abstract: The adolescent mothers consistently experienced great difficulty in realizing their life plans, when compared with their classmates who did not become pregnant premaritally in their early teens. Marital instability, school disruption, economic problems, and difficulty in family size regulation and child-rearing were some of the complications brought on by their premature, unscheduled childbearing.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D001290:Attitude; D002654:Child Care; D003267:Contraception; D004243:Divorce; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007086:Illegitimacy; D008393:Marriage; D008396:Maryland; D010290:Parents; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012939:Social Planning; D013332:Student Dropouts