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that Muslims are the youngest when becoming pregnant for the first time. Protestants delay first pregnancy, but once being … pregnant, Protestants are more likely to carry their first pregnancy to term rather than having an abortion. With respect to … first pregnancy and its outcome, Catholics surprisingly compare to non‐religious women. Against the background of increasing …
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We analyze the effect of having a child in adolescence on high school completion, educational attainment, and college enrollment in a developing country setting using nine repeated rounds of Chilean household surveys that span the 1990-2009 period. We control for selection bias and household...
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"The question of whether giving birth as a teenager has negative economic consequences for the mother remains controversial despite substantial research. In this paper, we build upon existing literature, especially the literature that uses the experience of teenagers who had a miscarriage as the...
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This study attempts to quantify female teenage sexual activity, pregnancy, and motherhood in Bolivia using the most … recent Demographic and Health Survey. Descriptive results suggest that teenage sexual activity, pregnancy, and childbearing … pregnancy is needed. Lastly, the estimation results indicate that not only socioeconomic and demographic factors, but also some …
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