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Author: Hays, Jake
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Hays, Jake |
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Multipartner Fertility and Psychological Distress: Evidence for Social Selection Population Research and Policy Review 42 (May 2023): Article 47. Also: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11113-023-09796-w Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Family Formation; Fertility, Multiple Partners; Health, Mental/Psychological Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Multipartner fertility (MPF), which occurs when individuals have children with multiple partners, is associated with psychological distress, but it is unclear whether MPF is linked to increase in psychological distress or whether those with higher levels of psychological distress disproportionately enter MPF. I adjudicate between these possibilities using prospective panel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97; n = 3321). I find that the association between MPF and psychological distress is driven by selection. Hybrid (or between-within) models indicate that men and women who have multipartner fertility have higher levels of psychological distress (the between-effect), but among those who experience MPF, having a child with a second fertility partner it is not associated with changes in psychological distress (the within-effect). Instead, psychological distress predicts MPF (versus having two or more children with the same partner) net of childhood family context, socioeconomic status, first birth characteristics, and prior union instability. The findings suggest that social selection is crucial to understanding the link between complex family formation and mental health in the current era of stable family complexity. |
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Hays, Jake. "Multipartner Fertility and Psychological Distress: Evidence for Social Selection." Population Research and Policy Review 42 (May 2023): Article 47.
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Multiple-Partner Fertility and Depression in Young Adulthood Presented: Denver CO, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2018 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Depression (see also CESD); Family Structure; Fertility, Multiple Partners Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Multiple-partner fertility (MPF), or having children by more than one partner, is increasingly prevalent, yet we know little about the relationship between MPF and parental depression. I use five waves of data from the NLSY97 and between-within (hybrid) models to estimate associations between MPF and depressive symptoms among young adult parents. Between- and within-individual differences in depressive symptoms for MPF mothers and fathers, compared to mothers and fathers with children by one partner, are fully attenuated by current family structure and number of union transitions. Additionally, I compare parents who transition into MPF to parents who experience a second or higher parity birth and have one total fertility partner. These results indicate that number of union transitions accounts for higher levels of depressive symptoms among parents transitioning into MPF. Findings suggest that MPF is not consequential for mental health; rather, other family-level factors jointly predict MPF and increased depressive symptoms. |
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Hays, Jake. "Multiple-Partner Fertility and Depression in Young Adulthood." Presented: Denver CO, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2018. |
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Hays, Jake Guzzo, Karen Benjamin |
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Does Family Complexity in Childhood Explain Race-Ethnic Disparities in Multipartner Fertility? Presented: Austin TX, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2019 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Childhood; Family Structure; Fertility, Multiple Partners; Racial Differences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. We investigate whether family complexity is transmitted across generations, and whether such a process may explain higher levels of multipartner fertility (MPF) among Blacks and Hispanics. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 cohort, we test whether family complexity--which encompasses family structure (living with two biological parents until age 18) and the presence of half- or step-siblings--in adolescence predicts higher-order births with a new partner versus a prior partner, with a focus on race-ethnicity. We find that those who lived in a non-two biological parent household, regardless of whether they had half- or step-siblings, are at an increased risk childbearing with a new partner. Family structure and sibling configuration does not mediate race-ethnic differences in the odds of MPF in adulthood. Instead, race is a moderator: family complexity in adolescence predicts childbearing with a new partner for Hispanics and Whites, but not for Blacks. |
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Hays, Jake and Karen Benjamin Guzzo. "Does Family Complexity in Childhood Explain Race-Ethnic Disparities in Multipartner Fertility?" Presented: Austin TX, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2019. |
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Hays, Jake Guzzo, Karen Benjamin |
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Does Sibling Composition in Childhood Contribute to Adult Fertility Behaviors? Journal of Marriage and Family published online (12 July 2021): DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12788. Also: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12788 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online Keyword(s): Childbearing; Fertility, Multiple Partners; First Birth; Marital Status; Siblings Objective: This work addresses whether adolescent sibling composition--the presence of full-, half-, and step-siblings--is associated with adult childbearing behaviors. Background: Recent research suggests that family complexity is transmitted across generations, with individuals with half-siblings (i.e., parental multipartner fertility [MPF]) having an increased risk of MPF themselves. Yet this work may confound parental composition and sibling composition, as complex sibling ties occur more often among those living outside of a family with both biological parents. Method: Using data from Rounds 1-18 of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 Cohort, the authors test, for men and women separately, whether parental composition and sibling composition in adolescence are independently associated with the marital status of first births (N = 8768) and MPF (N = 5574). Results: Having half-siblings, but not full- or step-siblings, increases women's odds of a nonmarital first birth over no birth and a marital birth, even when accounting for parental composition. Having half-siblings also increases women's risk of MPF, though this link is attenuated with controls for first birth characteristics. These associations are not present for men. Parental composition is independently linked to fertility. |
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Hays, Jake and Karen Benjamin Guzzo. "Does Sibling Composition in Childhood Contribute to Adult Fertility Behaviors?" Journal of Marriage and Family published online (12 July 2021): DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12788.
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