Estimates of public costs for teenage childbearing in Baltimore City in FY 1987

J Santelli; L Rosenblatt; A E Birn

Estimates of public costs for teenage childbearing in Baltimore City in FY 1987

Md Med J. 1990 May;39(5):459-64.

Authors

J Santelli¹, L Rosenblatt, A E Birn

Affiliation

¹ School and Adolescent Health Services, Baltimore City Health Department, MD 21202.

PMID: 2185393

Abstract

In 1987 Baltimore City spent about $179,500,000 on AFDC, Medicaid, and food stamps for families that were begun when the mother was a teenager. Had all these births been delayed until the mother was at least 20 years old, Baltimore would have saved almost $72,000,000 in public outlays.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Aid to Families with Dependent Children*
Cohort Studies
Costs and Cost Analysis
Family / psychology
Female
Food Services / economics*
Humans
Male
Maryland
Maternal Age
Medicaid / economics*
Methods
Pregnancy
Pregnancy in Adolescence*
Social Problems
Time Factors
United States