Wolkind S N, Kruk S
J R Soc Med. 1985 Feb;78(2):112-6. doi: 10.1177/014107688507800207.
In a random sample of British-born women from a deprived inner London borough who were expecting their first baby, 31% were teenagers at the time they gave birth. The teenage mothers were compared with a group of older women randomly selected from the sample and both groups were followed up for 6 1/2 years after the birth. The teenage mothers were more likely to have had a deprived background and to have experienced material disadvantage. Despite this, they and their children did as well as the older women on a wide variety of measures of physical and mental health. A comparison of the teenagers with another sample of women who did poorly (those who had been brought up in care) suggests that the lack of an adverse result amongst the teenagers was at least in part due to support from the womens' own mothers.
在伦敦市中心一个贫困区出生的英国籍首次生育的女性随机样本中，31%的女性在分娩时是青少年。将这些青少年母亲与从样本中随机挑选出的一组年龄较大的女性进行比较，两组在产后均接受了6年半的随访。青少年母亲更有可能出身贫困且经历过物质匮乏。尽管如此，在各种身心健康指标方面，她们及其子女的表现与年龄较大的女性相当。将这些青少年与另一组表现较差的女性样本（那些在福利院长大的女性）进行比较表明，青少年母亲及其子女没有出现不良后果至少部分归功于她们自己母亲的支持。
