Pre-teen literacy and subsequent teenage childbearing in a US population

被引：23

作者：

Bennett, Ian M. ^{[1
,2
]}

Frasso, Rosemary ^{[2
,3
]}

Bellamy, Scarlett L. ^{[4
]}

Wortham, Stanton ^{[5
]}

Gross, Kennen S. ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Penn, Dept Family Med & Community Hlth, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[2] Univ Penn, Ctr Publ Hlth Initiat, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[3] Univ Penn, Sch Nursing, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[4] Univ Penn, Perelman Sch Med, Ctr Clin Epidemiol & Biostat, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[5] Univ Penn, Grad Sch Educ, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

来源：

CONTRACEPTION | 2013年 / 87卷 / 04期

关键词：

Pregnancy in adolescence; Education; Schools; 5; DEVELOPED-COUNTRIES; PREGNANCY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.contraception.2012.08.020

中图分类号：

R71 [妇产科学];

学科分类号：

100211 ;

摘要：

Background: While literacy is a key factor in health across the life course, the association of literacy and teenage childbearing has not been assessed in the US. Study Design: Prospective cohort study using standardized reading data from 12,339 girls in the seventh grade in the 1996-97 or 1997-98 academic years of the Philadelphia Public School System linked to birth records from the city of Philadelphia (1996-2002). Results: Less than average reading skill was independently associated with two and a half times the risk of teen childbearing than average reading skill (aHR 2.51, 95% CI: 1.67-3.77). Above average reading skill was associated with less risk (aHR 0.27, 95% CI 0.17-0.44). A significant interaction (p<.05) between reading skill and race/ethnicity indicated that Hispanic and African American girls had greater risk of teen-childbearing by literacy. Conclusions: Literacy strongly predicts risk of teenage childbearing independent of confounders. The effects of literacy were stronger among girls with Hispanic or African American race/ethnicity. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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页码：459 / 464

页数：6

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