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Author: Ross, Clifford
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Thomeer, Mieke Beth Reczek, Rin Ross, Clifford |
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Childbearing Biographies and Midlife Women's Health Journal of Aging and Health published online (3 February 2022): DOI: 10.1177/08982643211070136. Also: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08982643211070136 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Age at First Birth; Births, Repeat / Spacing; Childbearing; Family Size; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Modeling, Latent Class Analysis/Latent Transition Analysis; Socioeconomic Status (SES) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Objectives: We introduce a "childbearing biography" approach to show how multiple childbearing characteristics cluster in ways significant for midlife health. Methods: We analyze the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79; N = 3992) using mixed-mode Latent Class Analysis with eight childbearing variables (e.g., age at first birth, parity, birth spacing, and mistimed births) to identify how childbearing biographies are associated with midlife health, adjusting for key covariates--including socioeconomic status (SES) and relationship history. Results: We identify six childbearing biographies: (1) early compressed, (2) staggered, (3) extended high parity, (4) later, (5) married planned, and (6) childfree. Childbearing biographies are strongly associated with physical health but not mental health, with differences primarily explained by SES. |
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Thomeer, Mieke Beth, Rin Reczek and Clifford Ross. "Childbearing Biographies and Midlife Women's Health." Journal of Aging and Health published online (3 February 2022): DOI: 10.1177/08982643211070136.
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Thomeer, Mieke Ross, Clifford Reczek, Rin Bijou, Christina |
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Sequencing of Planned and Unplanned Births and Implications for Mid- and Later-Life Health among NLSY79 Women Innovation in Aging 6,S1 (November 2022): 316-317. Also: https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.1252 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Oxford University Press Keyword(s): Birth Preferences/Birth Expectations; Health, Mental; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In order to provide a more holistic understanding of how birthing experiences births are associated with midlife health, we use Sequence Analysis (SA) on the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79; N=3,992) to examine how patterning of planned and unplanned births is associated with physical and mental health at ages 50 and 60 (SF-12). Preliminary analysis indicates that compared to respondents with only planned births, respondents with unplanned birth(s) followed by planned birth(s) have worse physical and mental health at midlife, but there is no difference in health for respondents with only planned births, only unplanned births, and planned birth(s) followed by unplanned birth(s). Future analysis with SA will consider how more detailed sequences (e.g., timing, number and type, ordering, spacing) are associated with these mid- and later-life health outcomes, taking into account selection factors such as childhood SES and educational attainment. This project demonstrates the need for life course perspectives on the long-term health implications of unplanned births, recognizing diversity within and between individuals. |
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Bibliography Citation
Thomeer, Mieke, Clifford Ross, Rin Reczek and Christina Bijou. "Sequencing of Planned and Unplanned Births and Implications for Mid- and Later-Life Health among NLSY79 Women." Innovation in Aging 6,S1 (November 2022): 316-317.
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