Thus far, however, there is little prospective work to guide our understanding of the unique role of adversity in the context of other behavioral and environmental factors that may moderate or mediate the association between parenthood and child abuse and neglect (CAN).
In contrast, the association of poverty with teenage pregnancy has been well described.
Poverty has been identified as both an outcome and a correlate of teen pregnancies
and is associated with higher rates of multiple child maltreatment reports .