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Author: Rucker, Lila
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1. Morash, Merry
Rucker, Lila
An Exploratory Study of the Connection of Mother's Age at Childbearing to Her Children's Delinquency in Four Data Sets
Crime and Delinquency 35,1 (January 1989): 45-93.
Also: http://cad.sagepub.com/content/35/1/45.abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Keyword(s): Age at First Birth; Childbearing; Childbearing, Adolescent; Delinquency/Gang Activity; First Birth; Longitudinal Data Sets

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This paper examines the relationship between early childbearing and delinquent outcomes for the child. Using data from the London Longitudinal Survey, the Philadelphia Cohort Study, the NLSY, and the National Survey of Children, it was found that: (1) although there is a relationship between mother's age at first child's birth and delinquency, it is conditioned by the presence of a father or stepfather; and (2) the connection between mother's age and father's presence while not strong was persistent across both U.S. and British samples and across racial/ethnic group samples. Policy implications are discussed.
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Morash, Merry and Lila Rucker. "An Exploratory Study of the Connection of Mother's Age at Childbearing to Her Children's Delinquency in Four Data Sets." Crime and Delinquency 35,1 (January 1989): 45-93.