Lindberg L D, Sonenstein F L, Ku L, Martinez G
Population Studies Center, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C., USA.
Fam Plann Perspect. 1997 Mar-Apr;29(2):61-6.
The role of adult men in adolescent childbearing has received heightened attention in recent years, and a new policy efforts have focused on statutory rape laws as a way to reduce adolescent childbearing. Analyses of the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey indicate, however, that these policies would not apply to most teenage births. Among mothers aged 15-17 who had a child in 1988, 27% had a partner at least five years older than themselves. In addition, since 23% of minors with older partners were married at the time of the infant's birth, 21% of babies born to unmarried minors were fathered by substantially older men. While births to young mothers and older men raise social concerns, these births make up a small share of all teenage childbearing: Only 8% of all births to 15-19-year-olds are to unmarried minors with a partner five or more years older.
成年男性在青少年生育中所扮演的角色近年来受到了更多关注，并且新的政策举措聚焦于法定强奸罪法律，将其作为减少青少年生育的一种方式。然而，对1988年全国母婴健康调查的分析表明，这些政策并不适用于大多数青少年生育情况。在1988年生育子女的15至17岁母亲中，27%的人其伴侣比自己至少大五岁。此外，由于23%与年长伴侣在一起的未成年人在婴儿出生时已结婚，所以21%未婚未成年人生育的孩子是由年长许多的男性所生。虽然年轻母亲与年长男性生育引发了社会关注，但这些生育情况在所有青少年生育中所占比例较小：在15至19岁女性所生的所有孩子中，只有8%是由伴侣比自己大五岁或以上的未婚未成年人所生。
