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Author: Perper, Kate
Resulting in 3 citations.
1. Manlove, Jennifer S.
Perper, Kate
Barry, Megan C.
Relationship Profiles and Contraceptive Use Within Young Adult Dating Relationships
Presented: Dallas, TX, Population Association of America Meetings, April 2010
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Adolescent Sexual Activity; Contraception; Dating; Sexual Activity; Sexual Behavior; Sexual Experiences/Virginity

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This study examines the association between characteristics of young adult dating relationships and couples' contraceptive use. Using a sample of young adults from the NLSY97, we first employ latent class analysis to establish relationship profiles based on attributes including relationship duration, intimacy and emotional support, relationship commitment, and lack of conflict. We then model the associations between these relationship profiles and the contraceptive method used the last time the couple had sex, comparing condom, hormonal or a combination “dual method,” to no method. We will test these associations with and without controlling for individual and background characteristics of the respondent and his or her partner. Results will contribute to 1) our understanding of characteristics of young adult dating relationships and 2) how the grouping of relationship attributes influences contraceptive use.
Bibliography Citation
Manlove, Jennifer S., Kate Perper and Megan C. Barry. "Relationship Profiles and Contraceptive Use Within Young Adult Dating Relationships." Presented: Dallas, TX, Population Association of America Meetings, April 2010.
2. Manlove, Jennifer S.
Scott, Mindy E.
Ikramullah, Erum N.
Perper, Kate
Lilja, Emily
Relationship Context and the Transition to a Nonmarital Birth
Presented: Washington, DC, Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center, NLSY97 Tenth Anniversary Conference, May 29-30, 2008.
Also: http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu/Research/conferences/NLSYConf/pdf/Manlove_et_al_NonMarital_Birth.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Childbearing, Premarital/Nonmarital; Cohabitation; Contraception; Fertility; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Sexual Activity

The key hypothesis for this paper is that decision-making about nonmarital childbearing and its proximate determinants (including sexual activity, contraceptive use and pregnancy) is often made within the context of relationships. In fact, some researchers state that nonmarital childbearing, including childbearing within cohabiting relationships, is best studied with information about both partners (Seltzer, 2000). However, the majority of research on nonmarital childbearing focuses on family, individual, community, and social policy factors associated with the transition to a nonmarital birth. … This study expands previous research by using nationally representative longitudinal data to examine the association between relationship and partner characteristics, as well as individuals' sexual, marital and fertility histories, and the transition to a nonmarital birth for males and females.
Bibliography Citation
Manlove, Jennifer S., Mindy E. Scott, Erum N. Ikramullah, Kate Perper and Emily Lilja. "Relationship Context and the Transition to a Nonmarital Birth." Presented: Washington, DC, Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center, NLSY97 Tenth Anniversary Conference, May 29-30, 2008.
3. Perper, Kate
Peterson, Kristen
Manlove, Jennifer S.
Diploma Attainment Among Teen Mothers
Child Trends Factsheet Publication #2010-01, Child Trends, Washington, DC, January 2010.
Also: http://www.childtrends.org/Files/Child_Trends-2010_01_22_FS_DiplomaAttainment.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Child Trends, Inc.
Keyword(s): Childbearing, Adolescent; Children, Academic Development; Children, Behavioral Development; Ethnic Differences; Family Structure; GED/General Educational Diploma/General Equivalency Degree/General Educational Development; High School Diploma; Mothers, Adolescent; Mothers, Education; Racial Differences; Welfare

OVERVIEW. Recently released government data show that in 2006, the U.S. teen birth rate began to increase, marking the end of a 14-year period of decline. More specifically, these data show that between 2005 and 2007, the teen birth rate climbed five percent. This trend reversal is a cause for concern, given the negative consequences of teen childbearing for the mothers involved and for their children especially. For example, research indicates that children of teen mothers fare worse on cognitive and behavioral outcomes than do their peers with older mothers. Teen mothers are more likely than older mothers to be dependent on public assistance after giving birth and to experience turbulence in their family structures— even taking into account the fact that teen mothers tend to be from disadvantaged backgrounds. In addition, teen mothers are at a particularly high risk of dropping out of school, although previous research has found that they are more likely to be having problems in school prior to their pregnancy.

In light of teen mothers' heightened risk of becoming high school dropouts, Child Trends used recently released national survey data to explore high school diploma and GED attainment among women who had given birth as teens. Particularly, we looked at whether they had earned these educational credentials by the time that they reached their early twenties.

Our findings show that slightly more than one-half of young women who had been teen mothers received a high school diploma by the age of 22, compared with 89 percent of young women who had not given birth during their teen years. Furthermore, results of our analyses show that young women who had a child before the age of 18 were even less likely than were those who had a child when they were 18 or 19 to earn a high school diploma before the age of 22, although the rates of GED attainment in the former group were slightly higher. We also found differences in educational attainment among teen mothers by race/ethnicity.

Bibliography Citation
Perper, Kate, Kristen Peterson and Jennifer S. Manlove. "Diploma Attainment Among Teen Mothers." Child Trends Factsheet Publication #2010-01, Child Trends, Washington, DC, January 2010.