Editing Teenage pregnancy (section)

===Teenager===
Being a young mother in a first world country can affect one's [[education]]. Teen mothers are more likely to [[Dropping out|drop out]] of [[high school]].<ref name=natcamp>The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. (2002). {{cite web|url=http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/data/pdf/notjust.pdf |title=Not Just Another Single Issue: Teen Pregnancy Prevention's Link to Other Critical Social Issues |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011106/http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/data/pdf/notjust.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2007 }}&nbsp;{{small|(147&nbsp;KB)}}. Retrieved 27 May 2006.</ref> A 2001 study found that women who gave birth during their teens completed [[secondary education|secondary-level schooling]] 10–12% as often and pursued [[post-secondary education]] 14–29% as often as women who waited until age 30.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Hofferth SL, Reid L, Mott FL | title = The effects of early childbearing on schooling over time | journal = Family Planning Perspectives | volume = 33 | issue = 6 | pages = 259–267 | year = 2001 | pmid = 11804435 | doi = 10.2307/3030193 | jstor = 3030193 }}</ref>
''Young motherhood'' in an [[industrialized country]] can affect [[employment]] and [[social class]]. A 2009 study found that teenage girls who are pregnant or are mothers are seven times more likely to commit suicide than other teenagers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sean-c-powers.com/TeenagePregnancy.html |title=The Psychological Effects of Teenage Women During Pregnancy |access-date=5 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116185041/http://sean-c-powers.com/TeenagePregnancy.html |archive-date=16 January 2009 }}</ref>

According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, nearly 1 in 4 teen mothers will experience another pregnancy within two years of having their first.<ref name="Statistics on Teen Pregnancy">"Statistics on Teen Pregnancy". National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy</ref> Pregnancy and giving birth significantly increases the chance that these mothers will become high school dropouts and as many as half have to go on welfare. Many teen parents do not have the intellectual or emotional maturity that is needed to provide for another life.<ref name="Day 2009" /> Often, these pregnancies are hidden for months, resulting in a lack of adequate prenatal care and dangerous outcomes for the babies.<ref name="Day 2009">{{cite journal |vauthors=Cornelius MD, Goldschmidt L, Willford JA, Leech SL, Larkby C, Day NL | title = Body Size and Intelligence in 6-year-olds: Are Offspring of Teenage Mothers at Risk? | journal = Maternal and Child Health Journal | volume = 13 | issue = 6 | pages = 847–856 | year = 2008 | pmid = 18683038 | pmc = 2759844 | doi = 10.1007/s10995-008-0399-0 }}</ref> Factors that determine which mothers are more likely to have closely spaced repeat births, include marriage and education. The likelihood decreases with the level of education of the young woman – or her parents – and increases if she gets married.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Kalmuss DS, Namerow PB | title = Subsequent childbearing among teenage mothers: the determinants of a closely spaced second birth | journal = Fam Plann Perspect | volume = 26 | issue = 4 | pages = 149–53, 159 | year = 1994 | pmid = 7957815 | doi = 10.2307/2136238 | jstor = 2136238 }}</ref>