TY - BOOK AU - Maynard, Rebecca A. TI - Kids having kids: economic costs and social consequences of teen pregnancy T2 - The Urban Institute series SN - 184014131X PY - 1997/// CY - Aldershot PB - Ashgate KW - FATHERS KW - MOTHERS KW - PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE KW - UNITED STATES N2 - Hardback; Adolescent mothers are more likely to encounter a variety of economic and social ills than women who delay childbearing until they are adults. This work is a comprehensive examination of the extent to which these undesirable outcomes are attributable to teen pregnancy itself rather than to the wider environment in which most of the pregnancies and the subsequent child-rearing take place. It also examines the consequences of adolescent pregnancy for the fathers of children, and even more importantly, for the children themselves ER -