Teenage mothers unaffected in jobs

Teen-age pregnancy does not significantly affect a woman's educational attainment and employment in the long term, although she is more likely to live in poverty with an unemployed partner, a new study has found. The findings of the research, funded by the Department of Health and carried out by a team at the Institute of Social and Economic Research at Essex University, conflict with previous studies and the generally held view that teenage pregnancy affects a woman's career prospects because it cuts short her education.