Which of the following statements regarding the intergenerational continuity of adolescent pregnancy and parenthood is true?
A) Becoming a second-generation teenage parent is inevitable for individuals born to an adolescent mother.
B) Intergenerational continuity in adolescent daughters is far greater when teenage mothers marry.
C) Marriage may limit the negative impact of teenage childbearing on development by reducing family stress.
D) Adolescent parenthood does not increase the chances of teenage childbearing the next generation.

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Studies have found that adolescents from families with low income and lower parental education levels are at greater risk for becoming teenage parents, and that intergenerational continuity in teenage childbearing is more likely when the mother is not married. However, research has also suggested that marriage may limit the negative impact of teenage childbearing on development by reducing family stress and supporting positive parent-child relationships. Therefore, choice C is the most accurate statement. Choices A, B, and D are all false. Becoming a second-generation teenage parent is not inevitable, intergenerational continuity in adolescent daughters is not greater when teenage mothers marry, and adolescent parenthood does increase the likelihood of teenage childbearing in the next generation.

Which of the Following Statements Regarding the Intergenerational Continuity of Adolescent