Adolescent Parent Outreach Follow-up Survey.

Autor/in	Mosena, Pat W.
Institution	National Opinion Research Center, Chicago, IL.
Titel	Adolescent Parent Outreach Follow-up Survey.
Quelle	(1986), (139 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Contraception; Dropouts; Early Parenthood; Elementary Secondary Education; Ethnicity; Family Financial Resources; Graduation; Individual Characteristics; Longitudinal Studies; Mothers; Pregnancy; Pregnant Students; Racial Differences; Surveys; Unwed Mothers; Urban Population; Welfare Services; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Empfängnisverhütung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Ethnizität; Abschluss; Graduierung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Mother; Mutter; Schwangerschaft; Studium mit Kind; Rassenunterschied; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Unverheiratete Mutter; Stadtbevölkerung; Fürsorgeeinrichtung
Abstract	This report presents findings from the Adolescent Parent Outreach Survey (APOS), a longitudinal survey of mothers under 18 years old in Cook County, Illinois, who were receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in October 1981. The report provides a profile of adolescent mothers on AFDC, and identifies personal and family background characteristics associated with the following: (1) completing high school; and (2) having a second birth. Differences in characteristics and social support among Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics are described. Among the findings of the follow-up interviews, conducted in 1983-84, were the following: (1) median age was 19; (2) 20 percent of the mothers had graduated or gotten a General Equivalency Diploma (GED), 8 percent were still in high school, and 72 percent had dropped out; (3) 49 percent had a second child, and another 7 percent were pregnant with their second child; (4) 10 percent had ever been married, and 5 percent were currently married; (5) 25 percent had held a job since their first pregnancy, and 50 percent had ever held a job; (6) 88 percent were still on AFDC; (7) 75 percent said their last pregnancy was unplanned, and 28 percent had been using birth control when they got pregnant last; (8) 68 percent were currently using birth control; (9) Hispanic mothers are much less likely to graduate high school or get a GED than were Black or White mothers; (10) no racial or ethnic differences were found in the likelihood or timing of second births; (11) the primary sources of support for the mothers were their families; (12) very little use of local or organized social services was reported. Data are presented on 33 tables and figures. A list of references is included. Appendices provide the sample design, results of regression analysis of the data, and the survey instrument. (BJV)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC