AAP News Vol. 14 No. 1 January 1998, p. 2
© 1998 American Academy of Pediatrics
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Mom's age, child's outcome

Stefanie Dell'Aringa

Children of older mothers had more favorable lifetime outcomes than children of teen parents, according to a Baltimore study.

Subjects were 1,758 children born between 1960 and 1965 who were followed to between age 27 to 33 through the Pathways to Adulthood Study.

Children recorded their life events, such as schooling, employment, family formation, living arrangements and welfare utilization.

Results showed children of mothers age 25 and older had the greatest probability of adult self-sufficiency; children of teen-age mothers, the least.