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Plotnick, Robert D. Butler, Sandra S. |
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Attitudes and Adolescent Nonmarital Childbearing: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Journal of Adolescent Research 6,4 (October 1991): 470-492. Also: http://jar.sagepub.com/content/6/4/470.abstract Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Attitudes; Childbearing; Childbearing, Adolescent; Family Influences; Internal-External Attitude; Locus of Control (see Rotter Scale); Rotter Scale (see Locus of Control); Self-Esteem; Teenagers; Work Attitudes Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This research studied the relationship between adolescent nonmarital childbearing and self-esteem, locus of control, and attitudes toward women's family roles, school, and work. 1,184 girls were drawn from the NLSY, a nationally representative data base containing information on attitudes obtained before nonmarital childbearing occurred. Subjects were surveyed at age 14-15 years in 1979; by age 19 years, 16.9% of the subjects had a nonmarital child. The evidence shows that higher self-esteem and more positive attitudes toward school have been associated with a lower probability of nonmarital childbearing. Subjects with nontraditional views on family and gender roles, higher educational expectations, and strong locus of control were less likely to have become unwed mothers. [PsycINFO] |
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Plotnick, Robert D. and Sandra S. Butler. "Attitudes and Adolescent Nonmarital Childbearing: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth." Journal of Adolescent Research 6,4 (October 1991): 470-492.
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