Previous research has focused on teenage parenthood as a single outcome, and has overlooked the wider family formation trajectory in which it is situated. In this paper, using Swedish register data and sequence analysis tools, we explore the diversity in timing and ordering of childbearing and (re)partnering events among teenage parents. We identify trajectory clusters of traditional family patterns, modern family patterns, single parenthood and re-partnering patterns. We also examine the role of resources in the family of origin for the probability of following the different types of family formation trajectories among teenage parents. Where economic resources in the family of origin is related to the type of trajectory teenage fathers follow, family structure is of greater importance for teenage mothers. The family formation trajectories of teenage parents display substantial heterogeneity, which contradicts a view that a person who has a child early in life suddenly has their life's script written.

以前的研究把青少年的父母身份作为一个单一的结果，而忽视了它所处的更广泛的家庭形成轨迹。在本文中，我们使用瑞典籍数据和序列分析工具，探讨了青少年父母中生育和（再）伴侣活动的时间安排和顺序的多样性。我们确定了传统家庭模式，现代家庭模式，单亲家庭和再伙伴模式的轨迹集群。我们还研究了资源在原籍家庭中的作用，以了解青少年父母中遵循不同类型家庭形成轨迹的可能性。如果原籍家庭的经济资源与青少年父亲所遵循的轨迹类型有关，则家庭结构对青少年母亲而言更为重要。