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Author: Lee, Yoonjoo
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Lee, Yoonjoo |
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Pathways to Adulthood and Their Precursors: Roles of Gender and Race Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Family Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, 2016 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): College Education; Gender Differences; High School Completion/Graduates; Parenthood; Parents, Single; Racial Differences; Transition, Adulthood Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Research on the transition to adulthood dates back nearly four decades, but a growing body of research has taken a new approach by investigating multiple demographic markers in the transition to adulthood simultaneously. Using the life course perspective, this dissertation is built on the literature by first examining contemporary young adults' pathways to adulthood from ages 18 to 30 and their differences by gender. Data for this study were drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997; the final sample included 2,185 men and 2,086 women. The college-educated single workers pathway, the college-educated married working parents pathway, and the high-school-educated single parents pathway were identified in both genders. For men, the study also identified the high-school-educated single workers pathway and the high-school-educated married working parents pathway. For women, the study also identified the high-school-educated workers pathway and the high-school-educated married parents pathway. Not only did the definitions of some pathways differ by gender, but even in the pathways with the same definition, gender differences were found in the probabilities of being married, of being a parent, or of being employed full-time. Based on the pathways to adulthood identified, this research examined the family and adolescent precursors and whether race moderates the associations between family structure experiences and young adults' pathways to adulthood. Parental education, family structure, GPA, delinquency, early sexual activity, and race/ethnicity were the family and adolescent precursors that distinguished among pathways taken by the youth. Two interactions between race and family structure/instability were identified. The positive association between growing up in a single-parent family and the odds of taking the high-school-educated single workers pathway compared to the college-educated married working parents pathway was weaker for Black males than for White males. The positive association between family instability and the odds of taking the college-educated single workers pathway compared to the college-educated married working parents pathway was weaker for Black females than for White females. This dissertation accounted for changes in the multiple statuses related to becoming an adult by following contemporary young adults for 12 years. More research on contemporary young adults' pathways to adulthood and subgroup differences in the effects of precursors are recommended. Limitations and implications of this study are discussed. |
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Lee, Yoonjoo. Pathways to Adulthood and Their Precursors: Roles of Gender and Race. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Family Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, 2016. |
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Lee, Yoonjoo Hofferth, Sandra L. |
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Racial Differences in Women's Pathways to Adulthood Presented: Washington DC, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March-April 2016 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Racial Differences; Transition, Adulthood Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Transition to adulthood has been de-standardized and individualized since the 1970s. Research suggests that young adults’ transition to adulthood takes longer today than in the past but a noticeable subgroup experience rapid transitions to adulthood. To better understand young adults’ movement into adulthood, we focus on the variation in the life course patterns based on racial differences. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (N=464), we will follow Black females and White females from age 18 to age 30 to identify their transition to adulthood and examine its racial differences. Given that such transitions are influenced by childhood and adolescent precursors, we will also investigate the set of advantages or disadvantages earlier in life that influence young adults’ transition to adulthood. |
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Lee, Yoonjoo and Sandra L. Hofferth. "Racial Differences in Women's Pathways to Adulthood." Presented: Washington DC, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March-April 2016. |