Study Kalmuss et al. (1992): study US 1989
- Public
- Unmarried teenage mothers, USA, 1989-1990
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 527
- Non Response
- >10%
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- received public assistance while growing up
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- more than 3 out of 5 of the parenters were receiving public assistance at the post-birth intervieuw; more than 3 of 5 of the parenters were receiving public assistance at the post-birth intervieuw, compared to only 4% of the placers. 17% repported they were receiving public assistance when they became pregnant.
- Distribution
- 29% reported their family receiving public assistance while growing up
- Operationalization
- received public assistance while growing up
0: no
1: yes
Observed Relation with Happiness
- pregnancy resolution (parented/placed)
- age in years
- race (black/white)
- lived with both parents at age 14
- high school graduate
- mived in maternity residence while pregnant