Trends in teenage childbearing and schooling outcomes for children born to teens in South Africa

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dc.creatorBranson, Nicola
dc.creatorArdington, Cally
dc.creatorLeibbrandt, Murray
dc.date2013-08-22T13:12:34Z
dc.date2013-08-22T13:12:34Z
dc.date2013-06
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:22Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:22Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionTeenage childbearing is considered a social problem with costs to the teenage mother, her child and society at large. In South Africa, media attention suggests a contemporary crisis in teen childbearing; often linking this to a fear that the Child Support Grant incentivises motherhood among teens. Despite these assertions, there is little empirical research assessing the trends in teen childbearing over time in South Africa and the intergenerational consequences of teenage childbearing. This paper uses six nationally representative household surveys to show that, while teenage childbearing decreased between 1980 and 2008, it is not an uncommon event in South Africa. Around 25% of women gave birth before age 20 in 2008. Children born to teen mothers are found to have worse educational outcomes, with children of young teen mothers most at risk. Differences are found between population groups, with the association largest and increasing over time for coloureds and relatively small and stable for Africans. About half the association can be explained by relative levels of poverty and maternal education.
dc.identifier978-1-920517-39-7
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/614
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Teenage childbearing KW - National household survey data KW - Teenage childbearing KW - Teen mothers LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Trends in teenage childbearing and schooling outcomes for children born to teens in South Africa TI - Trends in teenage childbearing and schooling outcomes for children born to teens in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/614 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/614
dc.languageen
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relationWorking Paper;98
dc.subjectTeenage childbearing
dc.subjectNational household survey data
dc.subjectTeenage childbearing
dc.subjectTeen mothers
dc.titleTrends in teenage childbearing and schooling outcomes for children born to teens in South Africa
dc.typeWorking Paper
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceWorking Paperen_ZA
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