Highlights•Health behaviors reflect interplay between people and contextual factors.•'Social
determinants' include societal institutions, ideologies, and inequalities.•Health behaviors …

In what ways do childbearing patterns in the contemporary United States vary for white,
black, and Hispanic women? Why do these differences exist? Although completed family …

Model uncertainty is pervasive in social science. A key question is how robust empirical
results are to sensible changes in model specification. We present a new approach and …

Although teenage mothers have lower educational attainment and earnings than women
who delay fertility, causal interpretations of this relationship remain controversial. Scholars …

Purpose The aim of this study was to improve understanding of long-term socioeconomic
consequences of teen parenting for men and women. Methods Analysis is based on the …

Objective—This report presents national estimates of sexual activity and contraceptive use
among males and females ages 15–19 in the United States, based on data from the …

Over the past two decades, births to US teenagers have fallen and no longer follow overall
fertility patterns. Yet the unique challenges faced by teenage mothers and their families …

This study examines patterns of and explanations for racial/ethnic-education disparities in
infant mortality in the United States. Using linked birth and death data (2007–2010), we find …

Early childbearing is associated with a host of educational and economic disruptions for
teenage girls and increased risk of adverse outcomes for their children. Low-income …

Public subsidies for contraception are often justified by assertions regarding their benefits for
women's lives, yet there is limited contemporary evidence supporting these assertions …