Estimates of public costs for teenage childbearing in Baltimore City in FY 1987.
In 1987 Baltimore City spent about $179,500,000 on AFDC, Medicaid, and food stamps for families that were begun when the mother was a teenager. Had all these births been delayed until the mother was at least 20 years old, Baltimore would have saved almost $72,000,000 in public outlays.
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School and Adolescent Health Services, Baltimore City Health Department, MD 21202.
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