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Author: Graefe, Deborah Roempke
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1. Graefe, Deborah Roempke
Parental Cohabitation, Marriage, and Single Motherhood: Life Course Transitions of American Children
Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Meetings, March 1997
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Childhood Education, Early; Childhood Residence; Children; Cohabitation; Families, Two-Parent; Life Course; Marriage; Motherhood; Parents, Single

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This paper examines, for the first time, the life course experiences of children living with nonmarried cohabiting couples, and subsequent transitions to married-couple and female-headed families. Using 1992 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) merged child-mother data, life histories are constructed for children born during the 1980s, a time during which cohabitation before first marriage increased dramatically. Findings show almost 6 percent of American children are born into nonmarital cohabiting families, and more than l-in-4 children will live in a cohabiting family by age 14. The probability of birth into a cohabiting family varies considerably by mothers' characteristics, with children of never-married single mothers 4 times as likely to be born into a cohabiting family as children of never-married single mothers. Despite its increasing importance, no previous study documents children's experiences with parental cohabitation or examines the etiology of transitions into and out of such unions.
Bibliography Citation
Graefe, Deborah Roempke. "Parental Cohabitation, Marriage, and Single Motherhood: Life Course Transitions of American Children." Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Meetings, March 1997.
2. Graefe, Deborah Roempke
School Based Program Assistance to Adolescent Mothers: Transferring Benefits From Mothers to Their Children
New Orleans, LA, Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, May 1996.
Also: http://www.pop.psu.edu/general/pubs/working_papers/psu-pri/wp9610.pdf
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Home Environment; Parenting Skills/Styles; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); Transfers, Parental; Verbal Memory (McCarthy Scale)

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

School-based programs fostering school retention and effective parenting skills among teenaged mothers are examined for effects transferring to their children. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth merged child-mother sample, behavioral and cognitive outcomes are compared for children whose adolescent mothers participated in such services and those whose teenaged mothers did not. Panel analyses, controlling for selection factors, show only a mother's receipt of prenatal care and high school graduation are related to her child's verbal ability; no assistance measure is related to behavior. A mother's education affects her child's cognitive development through its influence on the subsequent home environment; prenatal care operates independently of home environment quality. Cross-sectional analyses suggest school effects on graduation. Implications of the findings are explored.
Bibliography Citation
Graefe, Deborah Roempke. "School Based Program Assistance to Adolescent Mothers: Transferring Benefits From Mothers to Their Children." New Orleans, LA, Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, May 1996.
3. Graefe, Deborah Roempke
Lichter, Daniel T.
Life Course Transitions of American Children: Parental Cohabitation, Marriage, and Single Motherhood
Demography 36,2 (May 1999): 205-217.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/u778278h0315u010/
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Child Health; Cohabitation; Demography; Event History; Family Studies; Life Course; Marital Status; Marriage; Parents, Single

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

The life course transitions into and from families headed by unmarried cohabiting couples for a recent cohort of American children are examined. Life table estimates, based on data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth mother-child files, indicate about one in four children will live in a family headed by a cohabiting couple sometime during childhood. Economic uncertainty is an important factor determining whether children in single-parent families subsequently share a residence with a mother's unmarried partner. Moreover, virtually all children in cohabiting-couple families will experience rapid subsequent changes in family status. The estimates provide a point of departure for future work on children's exposure to parental cohabitation and its social and economic implications.
Bibliography Citation
Graefe, Deborah Roempke and Daniel T. Lichter. "Life Course Transitions of American Children: Parental Cohabitation, Marriage, and Single Motherhood." Demography 36,2 (May 1999): 205-217.