TY  - JOUR
A1  - Angelini, Viola
A1  - Mierau, Jochen
T1  - Late-life health effects of teenage motherhood
Y1  - 2018/11/16
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 1081
EP  - 1104
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.41
VL  - 39
IS  - 41
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol39/41/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol39/41/39-41.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol39/41/39-41.pdf
N2  - Background: Teenage motherhood has been associated with a host of adverse outcomes over the life cycle. Less, however, is known about the impact of teenage motherhood on health later in life. 

Objective: To study the impact of teenage motherhood on late-life health, using a retrospective survey of almost 12,000 women aged 50+ from 13 European countries containing detailed information on early-life circumstances. 

Methods: We develop linear models of the association between teenage motherhood and late-life health outcomes. We control for early-life factors parametrically as well as through propensity score matching. In addition, we employ recently developed methods to derive consistent lower-bound estimates for the causal impact of teenage motherhood on late-life health outcomes. 

Results: We find that teenage mothers experience substantially poorer self-reported late-life health and are more likely to display depressive symptoms than nonteenage mothers. This result remains after controlling for early-life as well contemporaneous socioeconomic conditions. 

Contribution: We exploit recently developed empirical techniques to derive consistent lower bounds of the causal impact of teenage motherhood on health later in life using a cross-national survey of early-life and contemporaneous socioeconomic conditions. 

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