Social researchers have long studied the effects being a mother has on teenage girls, but a new Yale study has revealed that there are significant consequences for teenage fathers as well.
The study, by Jason Fletcher, an assistant professor at the Yale School of Public Health, has found that young men who become fathers during their teenage years are less likely to graduate from high school and more likely to join the military or seek full-time employment. Published online March 24 in the journal Economic Inquiry, the study also found that teens who practice birth control face smaller consequences than those who do not.
“The effects are consistent with a story that suggests teenage fatherhood makes boys ‘grow up’ quickly, which means getting married, finishing school (maybe with just a GED) and getting a job,” Fletcher said.
Fletcher’s study focused on young men whose partners became pregnant before they were 18 years and 9 months old.
Read the full story at the Yale Daily News.
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