Editing Teenage pregnancy (section)

===Economics===

The lifetime [[opportunity cost]] caused by teenage pregnancy in different countries varies, from 1% to 30% of the annual GDP, with 30% being the figure in [[Uganda]].<ref name="UNFPA">{{Cite news| title = Population and poverty| author = United Nations Population Fund| newspaper = United Nations Population Fund| date = 2014| access-date = 22 March 2019| url = https://www.unfpa.org/resources/population-and-poverty}}</ref> In the United States, teenage pregnancy costs taxpayers between $9.4 and $28 billion in 2016, due to factors such as foster care and lost tax revenue.<ref name="HHS">{{Cite web| title = Negative Impacts of Teen Childbearing| author = United States Department of Health and Human Services| date = 2016| access-date = 22 March 2019| url = https://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/adolescent-development/reproductive-health-and-teen-pregnancy/teen-pregnancy-and-childbearing/teen-childbearing/index.html| archive-date = 21 March 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190321175033/https://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/adolescent-development/reproductive-health-and-teen-pregnancy/teen-pregnancy-and-childbearing/teen-childbearing/index.html| url-status = dead}}</ref> A 2014 study estimated that an increase in economic productivity from ending teenage pregnancy in Brazil and India would be worth $3.5 billion and $7.7 billion respectively.<ref name="UNFPA"/>

Less than one third of teenage mothers receive any form of child support, vastly increasing the likelihood of turning to the government for assistance.<ref>O'Halloran, Peggy (April 1998) [https://web.archive.org/web/20070720035204/http://www.moappp.org/Documents/pregnancypovertyschoolandemployment.pdf Pregnancy, Poverty, School and Employment]. moappp.org. Retrieved 3 December 2011.</ref> The correlation between earlier childbearing and failure to complete high school reduces career opportunities for many young women.<ref name=natcamp/> One study found that, in 1988, 60% of teenage mothers were [[poverty|impoverished]] at the time of giving birth.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Coley RL, Chase-Lansdale PL | title = Adolescent pregnancy and parenthood. Recent evidence and future directions | journal = The American Psychologist | volume = 53 | issue = 2 | pages = 152–166 | year = 1998 | pmid = 9491745 | doi = 10.1037/0003-066X.53.2.152 }}</ref> A 2002 study found that nearly 50% of all adolescent mothers sought [[welfare (financial aid)|social assistance]] within the first five years of their child's life.<ref name=natcamp/>

A 1999 study of 100 teenaged mothers in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] found that only 11% received a [[salary]], while the remaining 89% were [[unemployment|unemployed]].<ref>Social Exclusion Unit. (1999). [https://web.archive.org/web/20061012205401/http://www.socialexclusion.gov.uk/downloaddoc.asp?id=69 Teenage Pregnancy]. Retrieved 29 May 2006.</ref> Most British teenage mothers live in [[poverty]], with nearly half in the bottom fifth of the income distribution.<ref name=dfes>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081008194146/http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/teenagepregnancy/?FileName=teenpreg.pdf Teenage pregnancy]. everychildmatters.gov.uk</ref>