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Author: Rich, Lauren M.
Resulting in 4 citations.
1. McLanahan, Sara S.
Garfinkel, Irwin
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne
Zhao, Hongxin
Johnson, Waldo
Rich, Lauren M.
Turner, Mark
Waller, Maureen
Wilson, Melvin
Unwed Fathers and Fragile Families
Presented: Chicago, IL, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, April 1998
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Birth Outcomes; Family Studies; Fathers; Fathers and Children; Fathers, Influence; Fathers, Involvement; Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study; Parental Marital Status

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In this paper, we utilize mothers' reports in the NLSY to examine the level and stability of children's involvement with unwed fathers during the first few years after birth. We find surprisingly high levels of involvement and stability of fathers' involvement among these children. Our findings raise a whole host of questions about the characteristics and capabilities of the unwed fathers and the nature of the relationships between the unwed parents that cannot be addressed with the NLSY data. In the second part of the paper we describe a new longitudinal study of unwed parents - Fragile Families - and present a brief description of some of the findings from two pilot studies in Philadelphia and Chicago and from initial data collection in Oakland.
Bibliography Citation
McLanahan, Sara S., Irwin Garfinkel, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Hongxin Zhao, Waldo Johnson, Lauren M. Rich, Mark Turner, Maureen Waller and Melvin Wilson. "Unwed Fathers and Fragile Families." Presented: Chicago, IL, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, April 1998.
2. Rich, Lauren M.
Employment Opportunity, Wages and Adolescent Premarital Childbearing
Presented: San Francisco, CA, Population Association of America Meetings, 1995
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Child Labor; Childbearing, Adolescent; Childbearing, Premarital/Nonmarital; Contraception; Disadvantaged, Economically; Employment, Youth; Endogeneity; Labor Economics; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration; Pregnancy, Adolescent; Socioeconomic Factors; Teenagers; Work History

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Policy analysts have increasingly suggested that teen pregnancy prevention efforts need to address the underlying socioeconomic conditions, e.g., low employment opportunity which may "encourage" early childbearing among disadvantaged youth. To investigate the potential for such approaches, this study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) to estimate the impact of total weeks of employment prior to time t, and expected wage at time t, on the probability that a teenager bears a child between periods t and t+l. A discrete time hazard model, which allows for both time-varying and time-invariant factors to influence a teen's childbearing decision, is employed. In addition, to deal with the potential endogeneity of previous employment this variable is instrumented with state and local unemployment rates, local industrial structure, and state variation in child labor laws. Results of the analysis indicate that young women residing in areas with greater employment opportunities may be less likely to give birth as teenagers.
Bibliography Citation
Rich, Lauren M. "Employment Opportunity, Wages and Adolescent Premarital Childbearing." Presented: San Francisco, CA, Population Association of America Meetings, 1995.
3. Rich, Lauren M.
Kim, Sun-Bin
Employment and the Sexual and Reproductive Behavior of Female Adolescents
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 34,3 (May-June 2002): 127-134
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Alan Guttmacher Institute
Keyword(s): Age at First Intercourse; Employment; Employment, History; Employment, Youth; Ethnic Differences; Hispanics; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Racial Differences; Sexual Activity; Sexual Behavior; Women

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CONTEXT: Women's employment opportunities may reduce the risk of early intercourse and pregnancy, but some evidence has linked adolescent employment and problem behaviors with early intercourse. METHODS: Hazard regression analyses of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Yoputh were used to examine the relationship between employment and the risk of first intercourse before age 20 among women who were aged 14-16 in 1979. The relationship between employment and the risk of a first, nonmarital pregnancy among sexually experienced young women was also assessed. RESULTS: Current employment and cumulative months of past employment are associated with increased hazards of first intercourse (hazard ratios, 1.20 and 1.01, respectively); this association is particularly strong for white young women. Adolescents who work more than 120 hours a month are significantly more likely than nonworking adolescents to experience first intercourse (1.4). Although current employment has no effect on the likelihood of a first, nonmarital pregnancy among white adolescents, it is associated with an increased risk of pregnancy among blacks and with a reduced risk of pregnancy among Hispanics. CONCLUSIONS: Program planners and policymakers should be aware of the potential association between adolescent employment, particularly intense employment, and the likelihood of initiating intercourse and experiencing pregnancy, even if causality is still unclear.
Bibliography Citation
Rich, Lauren M. and Sun-Bin Kim. "Employment and the Sexual and Reproductive Behavior of Female Adolescents." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 34,3 (May-June 2002): 127-134.
4. Rich, Lauren M.
Kim, Sun-Bin
Patterns of Later Life Education Among Teenage Mothers
Gender and Society 13,6 (December 1999): 798-817.
Also: http://gas.sagepub.com/content/13/6/798.abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Age at First Birth; Education; Education, Adult; Educational Attainment; Mothers, Adolescent; Racial Differences; Teenagers

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This article uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth to examine the phenomenon of later life education among women who first give birth as teenagers. The analysis first considers patterns of educational attainment through the middle 30s for all women, disaggregated by age at first birth. This allows for an examination of the amount of education received by teen mothers relative to women who delay giving birth until adulthood. The analysis also considers racial-ethnic differences in patterns of attainment. Next, the analysis is restricted to teen mothers and focuses on an examination of the composition of educational attainment according to the amount of time that has elapsed since the first birth. The findings suggest that later life education among teen mothers is an important and understudied phenomenon with implications for welfare reform and adult education policies.
Bibliography Citation
Rich, Lauren M. and Sun-Bin Kim. "Patterns of Later Life Education Among Teenage Mothers." Gender and Society 13,6 (December 1999): 798-817.