childbearing is viewed as a deviant act solely because it is a minority population that represents teenage childbirth, also called statistical deviance.
As the issue of teenage childbearing began to rise, alongside it came the public concern of having a child out of wedlock. As stated earlier, no one cared what age you had a child, as long as it was in wedlock. However, when individuals began to weigh the consequences of raising a child on their own and having the stigma of having a child out of wedlock versus marrying an individual prematurely, the number of non-married mothers began to rise. Furstenberg stated that,” It occurred first among the poor African Americans who had begun to weigh the costs of early marriage against the potential …show more content…
Furstenberg suggests that, “The evidence has always suggested that relatively few teenagers plan or desire a pregnancy. Certainly, few women in the Baltimore Study indicated that they had intentionally become pregnant. Rather, most explained that it "just happened by mistake" or that they believed "it wouldn't happen to me."” (Furstenberg, 2003) In an effort to pinpoint risks attributed with teens being more likely to become pregnant, there has since been a long standing debate surrounding teenage childbearing and its relationship to poverty, poor education, unstable jobs, unsuccessful marriages, etc. Ever since the issue of teenage childbearing has come to the forefront, the argument that is presented time after time is that women who become teenage mothers are more at risk to suffer from, “Poor educational attainment and weak attachment to the labor force, low earning, and reliance on public assistance, marital instability and single parenthood, additional births, large family size, and poor health outcomes during and after pregnancy.” (Furstenberg, 2003) In an additional article titled, Education and Labor Market Consequences of teenage Childbearing written by Jason M. Fletcher and Barbara Wolfe, it was said that, “We find evidence that teenage childbearing likely reduces the probability of receiving a high school diploma by 5 to 10 percentage points, reduced annual income as a young adult by $1,000 to $2,400, and may increase the probability of receiving cash assistance and decrease years of schooling” (Fletcher & Wolfe, 2007) In addition to the teenage mothers having a greater chance of suffering difficulties throughout life, people have also stated that the children of the teenage mothers begin their life in a bad position. Furstenberg stated that the children of
As the issue of teenage childbearing began to rise, alongside it came the public concern of having a child out of wedlock. As stated earlier, no one cared what age you had a child, as long as it was in wedlock. However, when individuals began to weigh the consequences of raising a child on their own and having the stigma of having a child out of wedlock versus marrying an individual prematurely, the number of non-married mothers began to rise. Furstenberg stated that,” It occurred first among the poor African Americans who had begun to weigh the costs of early marriage against the potential …show more content…
Furstenberg suggests that, “The evidence has always suggested that relatively few teenagers plan or desire a pregnancy. Certainly, few women in the Baltimore Study indicated that they had intentionally become pregnant. Rather, most explained that it "just happened by mistake" or that they believed "it wouldn't happen to me."” (Furstenberg, 2003) In an effort to pinpoint risks attributed with teens being more likely to become pregnant, there has since been a long standing debate surrounding teenage childbearing and its relationship to poverty, poor education, unstable jobs, unsuccessful marriages, etc. Ever since the issue of teenage childbearing has come to the forefront, the argument that is presented time after time is that women who become teenage mothers are more at risk to suffer from, “Poor educational attainment and weak attachment to the labor force, low earning, and reliance on public assistance, marital instability and single parenthood, additional births, large family size, and poor health outcomes during and after pregnancy.” (Furstenberg, 2003) In an additional article titled, Education and Labor Market Consequences of teenage Childbearing written by Jason M. Fletcher and Barbara Wolfe, it was said that, “We find evidence that teenage childbearing likely reduces the probability of receiving a high school diploma by 5 to 10 percentage points, reduced annual income as a young adult by $1,000 to $2,400, and may increase the probability of receiving cash assistance and decrease years of schooling” (Fletcher & Wolfe, 2007) In addition to the teenage mothers having a greater chance of suffering difficulties throughout life, people have also stated that the children of the teenage mothers begin their life in a bad position. Furstenberg stated that the children of