Childhood poverty and early parenthood are both high on the politicalagenda. The key new issue addressed in this … research is the relativeimportance of childhood poverty and of early motherhood as correlatesof outcomes later in life. How far … poverty? If there are powerful associations of both childhoodpoverty and early parenthood with later adult outcomes, there are …

a widevariety of outcomes in adulthood. A cluster of childhoodexperiences (poverty, family disruption, and contact with …