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ERIC Number: EJ676626
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Does Father Absence Place Daughters at Special Risk for Early Sexual Activity and Teenage Pregnancy?
Ellis, Bruce J.; Bates, John E.; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Fergusson, David M.; Horwood, L. John; Pettit, Gregory S.; Woodward, Lianne
Child Development, v74 n3 p801-21 May-Jun 2003
Longitudinal studies in two countries investigated impact of father absence on girls' early sexual activity (ESA) and teenage pregnancy. Findings indicated that greater exposure to father absence strongly related to elevated ESA and adolescent pregnancy risk. Elevated risk was not explained (U.S. sample) or only partly explained (New Zealand sample) by familial, ecological, and personal disadvantage. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Causal Models, Disadvantaged, Early Parenthood, Fatherless Family, Females, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Models, One Parent Family, Pregnancy, Pregnant Students, Sexuality, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Child Development Project; Cross National Studies; New Zealand; Timing; United States