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The aim of this survey was to find out how the youngest group of parents in our community cope with the first stage of parenthood

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Variables Attitudes to becoming pregnant: abortion and adoption; use of health and social services; birth control and further childbearing; marital breakdown and violence within the family; housing and depression; smoking; work, money and social life. Questions about birth control and childbearing plans were repeated from Cartwright, A., <i>How many children?</i> (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1976) and Cartwright, A., <i>The dignity of labour?</i> (London: Tavistock, 1979)

Multi-stage stratified random sample

two stage. For further details see Simms, M. and Smith, C., 'Teenage mothers and their partners', &

Face-to-face interview