Some aspects of adolescent motherhood in Nunavut

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dc.contributor.authorBexte, Melissa Dianne
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorBarrett, Louise
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-07T17:52:19Z
dc.date.available2022-03-07T17:52:19Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractSince the rise of the teenage pregnancy epidemic in the United States, many policy makers and researchers throughout the industrialized world have continued to express concern about risks associated with adolescent motherhood. Here, I present a brief history of the teenage pregnancy epidemic, using the United States as an illustrative example. Then I investigate two aspects of adolescent motherhood in women from Arviat, Nunavut. Arviat differs from the United States in that it offers greater financial and relational support for adolescent mothers. I use a Bayesian statistical framework to examine the effect of adolescent motherhood on welfare use and on measures of self-reported health at midlife. I find no predictive effect of adolescent motherhood on either outcome. Instead, data presented here suggest that a context where more financial and relational support are available to support mothers, adolescent mothers seem to do as well as those who postpone their first births.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Councilen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6154
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0938en_US
dc.proquest.subject0621en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectadolescent motherhooden_US
dc.subjectweathering hypothesisen_US
dc.subjectNunavuten_US
dc.subjectInuit womenen_US
dc.subjectTeenage mothers--Cross-cultural studiesen_US
dc.subjectTeenage mothers--Nunavut--Arviat--Economic conditionsen_US
dc.subjectTeenage mothers--Nunavut--Arviat--Social conditionsen_US
dc.subjectTeenage mothers--Social networks--Nunavut--Arviaten_US
dc.subjectTeenage pregnancy--Social aspectsen_US
dc.subjectTeenage pregnancy--Cross-cultural studiesen_US
dc.subjectInuit women--Nunavut--Arviaten_US
dc.subjectSocial networksen_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.subjectWell-beingen_US
dc.subjectIntergenerational relationsen_US
dc.subjectPoverty--Health aspectsen_US
dc.subjectLow-income mothers--Cross-cultural studiesen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleSome aspects of adolescent motherhood in Nunavuten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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