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Author: Hughes, Marion R.
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Social Determinants of Adolescent Fatherhood Presented: New Orleans, LA, Population Association of America, May 1996 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Adolescent Fertility; Educational Status; Family Structure; Fatherhood; Fertility; Life Course; Modeling, Logit; Parenthood; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Status (SES) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Research on adolescent motherhood has elicited a better understanding of the antecedents of pregnancy and motherhood for adolescent girls, as well as the impact of early parenthood on their life course. However the determinants of adolescent parenthood for men are not as well understood. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY) for 1979-1993, I model the selection of adolescent males into fatherhood using multinomial logistic regression. Several individual and background characteristics are related to the occurrence of adolescent fatherhood. Relevant variables can be grouped into the following categories: socio-economic status, educational ability and aspirations family structure, normative factors, and aggressive and adult behaviors. Striking racial differences in the incidence and impact of adolescent parenthood are evident for males as well as females. Interaction terms between race and other explanatory variables are included to determine which specific factors have differential impacts by race. |
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Hughes, Marion R. "Social Determinants of Adolescent Fatherhood." Presented: New Orleans, LA, Population Association of America, May 1996. |