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Coombs, Lolagene C., Ronald Freedman, J. Friedman, and William F. Pratt. 1970. "Premarital Pregnancy and Status Before and After Marriage." American Journal of Sociology, 75, no. 5 (1970): 800-20.
Premaritally pregnant couples (PMP)-about 25 percent of those who marry in the Detroit area-are not disproportionately from low status backgrounds. Nevertheless, they are at a substantial economic and educational disadvantage at various stages of married life, greater than that of couples having a child nine to eleven months after marriage. The young marriage age of PMP couples only partly explains their disadvantage, which is persistent even among those who marry late. Their educational disadvantage is a powerful but not complete determinant of their poor economic position.
DOI:10.1086/224823 (Full Text)
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