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Article: Multipartnered fertility among young women with a nonmarital first birth: prevalence and risk factors.
- Article from:
- Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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The rising proportion of births that occur outside of marriage among all age-groups in the United States has led many researchers and policymakers to shift their focus from teenage childbearing to the factors that have contributed to the delays and declines in marriage in this country and other Western nations. (1) Nonetheless, early nonmarital childbearing remains an important issue, especially in the United States, because young first-time mothers are more likely to have their births outside of marriage than within marriage, and because the conditions under which first births occur set the stage for subsequent fertility and union formation. (2) Women who have a ...