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Pregnancy and Parenting: Psychosocial Perspectives

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Pediatric and Adolescent Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Abstract

Parenthood comes too early to many American young people. A higher proportion of American teens become mothers than do their counterparts in other developed countries with the exception of those in Eastern Europe. Every year more than 1 million American teenagers become pregnant, most by accident. Half of those young women continue their pregnancies to term and 40% of teen mothers are under 18. The majority are not married when they become pregnant, and nearly all keep their babies.1

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  1. Elizabeth A. McGee
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  2. Laura Schiller
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Obstetric and Gynecolgy, USA

    J. Patrick Lavery (Associate Professor, Director, Medical Director) (Associate Professor, Director, Medical Director)

  2. Division of Maternal-Medicine, University of Louisville, USA

    J. Patrick Lavery (Associate Professor, Director, Medical Director) (Associate Professor, Director, Medical Director)

  3. Teenage Parent Program, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

    J. Patrick Lavery (Associate Professor, Director, Medical Director) (Associate Professor, Director, Medical Director)

  4. Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetric and Gynecolgy, USA

    Joseph S. Sanfilippo (Associate Professor, Co-Director) (Associate Professor, Co-Director)

  5. Pediatric Adolescent Gynecolgy, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

    Joseph S. Sanfilippo (Associate Professor, Co-Director) (Associate Professor, Co-Director)

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McGee, E.A., Schiller, L. (1985). Pregnancy and Parenting: Psychosocial Perspectives. In: Lavery, J.P., Sanfilippo, J.S. (eds) Pediatric and Adolescent Obstetrics and Gynecology. Clinical Perspective in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5064-7_22

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