Alan Guttmacher Institute, Sex and America's Teenagers. New York: Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1994. Good information on contraceptive use among teens.

Janet Bode, Kids Still Having Kids: People Talk About Teen Pregnancy. New York: Franklin Watts, 1992. Very readable accounts from teen parents, doctors, and counselors.

Kristin Luker, Dubious Conceptions: The Politics of Teenage Pregnancy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996. Good background material on the historical aspect of teen parenting; helpful chapter on why pregnant teens choose to raise their own children.

Rebecca A. Maynard, ed., Kids Having Kids: Economic Costs and Social Consequences of Teen Pregnancy.

Joelle Sander, Before Their Time: Four Generations of Teenage Mothers. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. Excellent interviews, with good information on teen mothers during the years of World War II.

Stephen P. Thompson...