McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011 Mar;50(3):232-241.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2010.12.007. Epub 2011 Jan 26.
Children of teen mothers exhibit adverse outcomes through adolescence. It is unclear whether these adverse outcomes extend to adulthood and apply to all of her children, or only those born when she was a teen. We examine the associations between young adult functioning and being born to a teen mother aged ≤20 years at the time of birth (current teen), and being born to a teen mother later in her life (>21 years, prior teen).
The 1983 Ontario Child Health Study (OCHS) and 2001 follow-up are used, including 2,355 participants 4 to 16 years old in 1983 with 2001 data. Using multilevel modeling we assessed the association between being born to a current versus prior teen mother, relative to a nonteen mother, and 2001 outcomes, controlling for individual and family level characteristics assessed in childhood.
Being born to a teen mother (versus a nonteen mother) is associated with poorer educational achievement, life satisfaction, and personal income. Accounting for time of sample children's birth in teen mothers' lives, individuals born to current and prior teen mothers showed a ~0.8-year educational deficit, relative to individuals born to nonteen mothers in fully adjusted models. Individuals born to current teen mothers reported lower life satisfaction and personal income (-$7,262). There were no significant group differences at follow-up in mental or physical health between individuals born to nonteen mothers and those born to current or prior teen mothers.
Although being born to a teen mother exerts a pervasive adverse effect on educational attainment, the adverse effects on life satisfaction and personal income appear to be selective for individuals born to a current teen mother. Further research is required to understand these differential effects.
青少年母亲所生的子女在青少年时期表现出不良后果。目前尚不清楚这些不良后果是否会持续到成年期，以及是否适用于她所有的孩子，或者仅适用于她在青少年时期所生的孩子。我们研究了年轻成年人的功能与在母亲 20 岁以下时（当前青少年）出生和在母亲以后的生活中（>21 岁，以前的青少年）出生之间的关联。
使用 1983 年安大略省儿童健康研究（OCHS）和 2001 年随访数据，包括 1983 年 4 至 16 岁的 2355 名参与者，以及 2001 年的数据。我们使用多层次模型评估了与当前青少年母亲与前青少年母亲相比，与非青少年母亲相比，以及与 2001 年结果的关联，同时控制了在儿童时期评估的个体和家庭水平特征。
与非青少年母亲相比，青少年母亲（相对于非青少年母亲）所生的孩子在教育成就、生活满意度和个人收入方面较差。考虑到样本中孩子在青少年母亲生命中的出生时间，在完全调整的模型中，与非青少年母亲所生的孩子相比，当前和以前的青少年母亲所生的孩子的教育程度落后约 0.8 年。与非青少年母亲所生的孩子相比，当前青少年母亲所生的孩子报告生活满意度和个人收入较低（-7262 美元）。在随访期间，出生于非青少年母亲和当前或以前的青少年母亲的个体在心理健康或身体健康方面没有显著的群体差异。
虽然青少年母亲的生育对教育程度有普遍的不利影响，但对生活满意度和个人收入的不利影响似乎仅限于当前青少年母亲所生的孩子。需要进一步研究以了解这些差异效应。
