Teenage motherhood and child outcomes: Evidence from South Africa

IF 0.8 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH South African Journal of Childhood Education Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI:10.4102/sajce.v11i1.972
Godfred Anakpo, Umakrishnan Kollamparambil
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Background: Child development and life outcomes are partly linked to prenatal and maternal conditions such as mother’s age at birth. Thus, the issue of teenage motherhood has attracted significant concern from researchers and policymakers because of its potential implications for children. The existing literature on effects of teenage motherhood on children is typically limited to weight at childbirth. Other studies are mainly descriptive in nature and do not account for selection bias associated with teenage mothers and their deprived environment resulting in their children also being brought up in similar environment.Aim: This article examined the effects of teenage motherhood on child outcomes, specifically on children’s education, economic well-being, reported health status and body mass index (BMI).Setting: Children (0–14 years) of teenage mothers (less than 20 years at first birth) in National Income Dynamics Survey (NIDS) data constitute the subjects under investigation in this study.Methods: Using NIDS data, the study applied pooled regression, random effects model and propensity score matching (PSM) technique to examine the effect of teenage motherhood on child outcomes.Results: The study confirms that the PSM method is more robust to selection bias than pooled regression and random effect techniques. The findings from this study reveal that teenage motherhood significantly increases child grade repetition and economic dependency. However, teenage motherhood association with child health and BMI is found to be insignificant.Conclusions: Teenage motherhood has far-reaching effects on children outcomes, thus proactive, reactive and post-active policies and programmes focusing on minimising the effect of teenage motherhood and enhancing children’s welfare are recommended.
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青少年母亲和儿童结局:来自南非的证据
背景:儿童的发育和生活结果在一定程度上与产前和母体条件有关,如母亲出生时的年龄。因此,青少年母亲问题引起了研究人员和政策制定者的极大关注,因为它对儿童有潜在的影响。现有关于少女母亲对儿童影响的文献通常仅限于分娩时的体重。其他研究主要是描述性的,没有考虑到与青少年母亲及其贫困环境相关的选择偏见,导致他们的孩子也在类似的环境中长大。目的:本文研究了青少年母亲对儿童结果的影响,特别是对儿童教育、经济福祉、报告的健康状况和体重指数(BMI)的影响。背景:国家收入动态调查(NIDS)数据中的青少年母亲(第一胎出生时不到20岁)的儿童(0–14岁)构成了本研究的调查对象。方法:利用NIDS数据,采用混合回归、随机效应模型和倾向得分匹配(PSM)技术来检验青少年母亲对儿童结局的影响。结果:研究证实,PSM方法比混合回归和随机效应技术对选择偏差更具鲁棒性。这项研究的结果表明,十几岁的母亲会显著增加孩子的留级率和经济依赖性。然而,青少年母亲与儿童健康和BMI的关系被发现是微不足道的。结论:青少年母亲对儿童的结果有着深远的影响,因此建议制定积极、被动和后积极的政策和方案,重点是尽量减少青少年母亲的影响,提高儿童的福利。
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South African Journal of Childhood Education
South African Journal of Childhood Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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