Single Mothers
Statistics
- Only 1/3 of teenage mothers complete high school and receive their diplomas.
- By age 30, only 1.5 percent of women who had pregnancies as a teenager have a college degree.
- Children of teen parents have higher incarceration rates and lower rates of educational attainment.
- The children of teen parents are more susceptible to poverty, abuse, developmental issues and health problems.
- Children of teen moms have lower birth weights, are more likely to perform poorly in school and are at greater risk of abuse and neglect.
- 80 percent of unmarried teen mothers end up on welfare.
- Many are trapped in a viscous cycle of unemployment since they can't afford childcare or transportation.