“And Then I Got Pregnant”: Early Childbearing and the First Nations Life Course
One of the characteristics of the life courses of Aboriginal youth is a greater likelihood of becoming a parent at young ages, at least relative to other youth. Young parenthood is often portrayed negatively, in terms of the implications for later education and employment. However, these effects dep...
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ftunivwontaojs:oai:ojs.uwo.ca:article/7396 2023-05-15T16:15:18+02:00 “And Then I Got Pregnant”: Early Childbearing and the First Nations Life Course Cooke, Martin 2013-03-13 application/pdf https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/7396 eng eng Western University https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/7396/6040 https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/7396 Copyright (c) 2013 Martin Cooke https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND The International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 4 No. 1 (2013): Indigenous Early Parenthood International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 4 No. 1 (2013): Indigenous Early Parenthood 1916-5781 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2013 ftunivwontaojs 2023-02-05T19:15:42Z One of the characteristics of the life courses of Aboriginal youth is a greater likelihood of becoming a parent at young ages, at least relative to other youth. Young parenthood is often portrayed negatively, in terms of the implications for later education and employment. However, these effects depend greatly on the context of childbearing, including the sources of available support. In this paper we make use of exploratory qualitative life course interview data with a sample of First Nations living in Canadian cities to investigate the circumstances around early childbearing, including sources of support and strategies for managing this transition, its meaning from the perspective of parents themselves, and the potential implications for their later lives. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Western Libraries OJS International Indigenous Policy Journal 4 1 |
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One of the characteristics of the life courses of Aboriginal youth is a greater likelihood of becoming a parent at young ages, at least relative to other youth. Young parenthood is often portrayed negatively, in terms of the implications for later education and employment. However, these effects depend greatly on the context of childbearing, including the sources of available support. In this paper we make use of exploratory qualitative life course interview data with a sample of First Nations living in Canadian cities to investigate the circumstances around early childbearing, including sources of support and strategies for managing this transition, its meaning from the perspective of parents themselves, and the potential implications for their later lives. |
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