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SUBMITTER: Wall-Wieler E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5805095 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jan/Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wall-Wieler Elizabeth E Roos Leslie L LL Nickel Nathan C NC
Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 20171220 1
<h4>Objectives</h4>Female family members affect both the likelihood of adolescent pregnancy and the outcome of that pregnancy. We examined the degree to which an older sister's adolescent reproductive outcomes affect her younger sister's reproductive behavior, and whether relationships in adolescent pregnancy among sisters born to adolescent mothers differ from those born to nonadolescent mothers.<h4>Methods</h4>We followed a birth cohort in Manitoba, Ontario, Canada, to age 20 using linkable ad ...[more]