Not all the same: Swedish teenage mothers' and fathers' selection into disparate early family formation trajectories

Not all the same : Swedish teenage mothers' and fathers' selection into disparate early family formation trajectories

Originally included in thesis in manuscript form.
Previous research has focused on teenage parenthood as a single outcome, and has overlooked the wider family formation trajectory in which it is situated. In this paper, using Swedish register data and sequence analysis tools, we explore the diversity in timing and ordering of childbearing and (re)partnering events among teenage parents. We identify trajectory clusters of traditional family patterns, modern family patterns, single parenthood and re-partnering patterns. We also examine the role of resources in the family of origin for the probability of following the different types of family formation trajectories among teenage parents. Where economic resources in the family of origin is related to the type of trajectory teenage fathers follow, family structure is of greater importance for teenage mothers. The family formation trajectories of teenage parents display substantial heterogeneity, which contradicts a view that a person who has a child early in life suddenly has their life's script written.

Baranowska-Rataj, Anna,1980-Umeå universitet,Sociologiska institutionen,Enheten för demografi och åldrandeforskning (CEDAR)(Swepub:umu)anba0172 (author)
Nilsson, Karina,1969-Umeå universitet,Sociologiska institutionen,Umeå SIMSAM Lab(Swepub:umu)kani0002 (author)
Umeå universitetSociologiska institutionen (creator_code:org_t)

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