The Health, School, and Social Outcomes of Off-Reserve First Nations Children of Teenage Mothers
Children of teenage mothers differ in their health, social, and educational outcomes compared to children of older mothers. Even though the teen birth rate for First Nations women in Canada is higher than the national teen birth rate, there has been little research examining the outcomes of off-rese...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:3cb7de39675947c0aebc67d8e0bd59e3 2023-05-15T16:14:50+02:00 The Health, School, and Social Outcomes of Off-Reserve First Nations Children of Teenage Mothers Anne Guèvremont Dafna Kohen 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v3i1&2.18813 https://doaj.org/article/3cb7de39675947c0aebc67d8e0bd59e3 EN FR eng fre University of Alberta https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/aps/index.php/aps/article/view/18813 https://doaj.org/toc/1923-3299 1923-3299 doi:10.5663/aps.v3i1&2.18813 https://doaj.org/article/3cb7de39675947c0aebc67d8e0bd59e3 Aboriginal Policy Studies, Vol 3, Iss 1-2 (2014) teen mother health school social outcomes Anthropology GN1-890 Communities. Classes. Races HT51-1595 article 2014 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v3i1&2.18813 https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v3i1 2022-12-31T02:39:46Z Children of teenage mothers differ in their health, social, and educational outcomes compared to children of older mothers. Even though the teen birth rate for First Nations women in Canada is higher than the national teen birth rate, there has been little research examining the outcomes of off-reserve First Nations children born to mothers who began childbearing in their teen years. Using data from the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, this study examined the health, social, and educational outcomes of off-reserve First Nations children, aged six to fourteen, who were born to teenage mothers, as compared to those born to older mothers. Off-reserve First Nations children of teenage mothers were more likely to be rated by their mothers as having dental problems, more likely to have failed a grade, less likely to be rated as doing very well in school, and less likely to have maternal reports of school satisfaction. They were also more likely to be rated as not getting along well in the last six months with their teachers, parents, and siblings. Although some of these differences were explained by socio-economic characteristics (getting along with teachers and parents, doing well in school), differences in all three domains (dental problems, getting along with parents, grade failure and parental school satisfaction) remained. Recommendations for future research are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada |
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Children of teenage mothers differ in their health, social, and educational outcomes compared to children of older mothers. Even though the teen birth rate for First Nations women in Canada is higher than the national teen birth rate, there has been little research examining the outcomes of off-reserve First Nations children born to mothers who began childbearing in their teen years. Using data from the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, this study examined the health, social, and educational outcomes of off-reserve First Nations children, aged six to fourteen, who were born to teenage mothers, as compared to those born to older mothers. Off-reserve First Nations children of teenage mothers were more likely to be rated by their mothers as having dental problems, more likely to have failed a grade, less likely to be rated as doing very well in school, and less likely to have maternal reports of school satisfaction. They were also more likely to be rated as not getting along well in the last six months with their teachers, parents, and siblings. Although some of these differences were explained by socio-economic characteristics (getting along with teachers and parents, doing well in school), differences in all three domains (dental problems, getting along with parents, grade failure and parental school satisfaction) remained. Recommendations for future research are discussed. |
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The Health, School, and Social Outcomes of Off-Reserve First Nations Children of Teenage Mothers |
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