Concerned with teen-aged pregnancy, the text includes discussions of premarital pregnancy, the pregnant teen as a member of the poor, as nonwhite, and as a teen-ager, obstetrical concepts, pregnancy results, factors which influence medical prognosis, and solutions to minimize medical risk. Additional areas of concern are a research review and a…

This paper describes a family planning service for adolescent males in an inner-city area. The program utilized the distribution of free condoms through local commercial outlets (barber shops, grocery stores, pool hall, restaurant). The proprietors agreed to distribute condoms in the target area which included approximately 3,000 males aged 12-26…

Kenya and Ghana provide interesting case studies of the theory that women who have access to roles other than mother and whose status does not depend largely or solely on the number of children they bear will have fewer children. Kenyan and Ghanaian women have among the highest desired and actual fertility in the world. They also, relatively…

This paper deals with two sets of data-one that fails to find any long-term sex differences in adults, and another which seems to find such differences. The Berkeley Guidance Study offers longitudinal data in which no variables differentiate between the two sexes at all age levels. From these results, the authors conclude that the normal course of…

A total of 225 mothers, ages 19 to 64, were asked how they felt about their children (N=309): (1) upon knowledge of pregnancy, (2) at the quickening, (3) at birth, and (4) at the time of the interview. Results contradict some of the rationale behind the current liberalized abortion arguments by showing that initially unwanted children are loved as…

Commenting on Kingsley Davis' paper, "Population Policy: Will Current Programs Succeed?", the author discusses the problem of rapid population growth in the low-income countries. Research strategy should focus on the family or small community to trace environmental constraints and opportunities influencing desired and achieved fertility, and…

Describes the author's technique for teaching pupils about the influence of their families on them by discussion regarding a child's position, or birth order, in the family. (HMV)

It was hypothesized that first borns would prefer person- and intellectually-oriented occupations. It was also predicted that women, more than men, would prefer person-oriented occupations. The Hebrew version of Roe's classification of occupations was completed by 146 individuals. Only the second hypothesis was confirmed. (Author/SE)

The article cites and interprets data from several studies on education and fertility in Iran, all of which give some indication of an irregular effect of education on fertility and suggest the need for further study of this variable. (Author)

Antecedents and consequences of adolescent parenting were examined using a representative national sample of 1,000 30-year-olds. It was found that 10 percent of men and 31 percent of women had had a child during adolescence. Higher incidences of adolescent parenting occurred among Blacks and low socio-economic status and low ability groups.…

Using the military preinduction test battery scores of over 200,000 19-year-old Dutch men, the study measured the effects of birth-order and family size on five psychological functions. (Author)

Young fathers should share in planning for the children they have helped create and learn to manage their sexual impulses responsibly. (JD)

Compared the free play activities of children who had attended kindergarten or play-centers, and those who had attended neither. (SB)

Identifies factors influencing women's (N=202) intention to work during the first three years following childbirth using a model which proposes that intentions are a function of work experience, vicarious experience with a working mother, subjective normative pressure, and attitudes. Results indicated that attitudes had the strongest influence on…

During a period of increasing unemployment and decreased Medicaid eligibility, more women residents of low-income census tracts in Washington State received delayed prenatal care or none at all and delivered proportionately more infants of low birthweight. The incidence of maternal anemia also may have increased. (Author/GC)