THE FAMILY BACKGROUND AND ATTITUDES OF TEEN FATHERS

Authors
PIROGGOOD MA
Citation
Ma. Piroggood, THE FAMILY BACKGROUND AND ATTITUDES OF TEEN FATHERS, Youth & society, 26(3), 1995, pp. 351-376
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Social Issues",Sociology
Journal title
Youth & society → ACNP
ISSN journal
0044118X
Volume
26
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
351 - 376
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-118X(1995)26:3<351:TFBAAO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A greater percentage of teen fathers than of teenagers who are not fat hers come from poor and unstable households whose members are less edu cated. Generally speaking, for Whites, being a teenage father is assoc iated with having a low self-esteem, an external locus of control, and conservative sen-role attitudes, whereas for Blacks, it is not. Data are from the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experiences- Youth Cohort.