Teenage mothers' health across different life stages

Many women who give birth during their teenage years face lifetime disadvantages in health, social and economic domains. To develop effective policies to support these mothers, it is important understand how the disadvantage evolves over time target timing of any interventions. This paper focuses on health outcomes seeks determine role motherhood likely channels through which may contribute disparities across different life stages between mothers other women. Using household panel survey data fixed-effects regressions that control for effects prior disadvantage, we show negatively associated with all domains impacts worsen later stages. Potential mediators, including behaviours, family, support, education factors are investigated partly explain mental outcomes, reducing direct impact motherhood, but not physical health. The strongest pathways family outcomes. Our results suggest boosting addressing improve mothers.