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Author: Kurz, Brenda Jo
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1. Kurz, Brenda Jo
Impact of Adolescent Illegitimacy on Academic Achievement: An Analysis Within Racial and Socio-Economic Status Groups
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Childbearing; Educational Attainment; Mothers; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Status (SES)

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the relationship between adolescent illegitimacy and academic achievement within specific race and socio-economic status (SES) groups. The primary hypothesis is that among the very low- SES blacks, the effect of adolescent illegitimacy on achievement is negligible. For other race-SES groups, the effect is expected to be adverse. The magnitude of the effect is postulated to be greater for whites than blacks and to increase for both whites and blacks with SES. Data from the NLSY were used to test the hypotheses. Proportional hazards analyses were conducted. A second objective of the study was the development of prognostic models for adolescent illegitimacy. The effect of adolescent illegitimacy on the academic achievement of the young mother was found to differ among the various race-SES specific groups. No effect was detected among the high-low SES blacks whereas an adverse effect was observed among all other groups. The power of some of the analyses was low. However, the consistency of the patterns generated by the analyses of interest and the supplementary analyses support the findings.
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Kurz, Brenda Jo. Impact of Adolescent Illegitimacy on Academic Achievement: An Analysis Within Racial and Socio-Economic Status Groups. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986.