caa a22 4500 46798994X CHVBK 20180323112542.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19900201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00757588 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00757588 Weinman Maxine Graduate School of Social Work, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Street, 77204-4492, Houston, Texas aut Sociodemographic and maternal behaviors in younger and older pregnant adolescents [Elektronische Daten] [Maxine Weinman] Sociodemographic and maternal behaviors were examined in a group of 295 (59%) younger adolescents 10-17 years of age, and compared to a group of older adolescents over 18 (n=203, 41%). Younger adolescents were more likely to be single, of minority group status, family dependent, and poor users of contraceptives. Older adolescents had higher rates of substance abuse, treated psychiatric problems, and abortion histories. Both groups reported parental drinking problems, parental divorce, and poverty. Health indicators did not show differences between groups, although older adolescents had higher than national average low birth weight babies. The age of first pregnancy was markedly lower for the younger than older teen. These findings support the need for prevention strategies in treatment programs. Human Sciences Press, 1990 Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 7/1(1990-02-01), 43-52 0738-0151 7:1<43 1990 7 10560 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00757588 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00757588 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Weinman Maxine Graduate School of Social Work, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Street, 77204-4492, Houston, Texas aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 7/1(1990-02-01), 43-52 0738-0151 7:1<43 1990 7 10560 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer