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Author: Teachman, Jay D.
Resulting in 27 citations.
1. Lemmon, Megan
Whyman, Mira
Teachman, Jay D.
Active-Duty Military Service in the United States: Cohabiting Unions and the Transition to Marriage
Demographic Research 20,10 (February 2009). DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.10.
Also: http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol20/10/20-10.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Keyword(s): All-Volunteer Force (AVF); Cohabitation; Marriage; Military Service; Undergraduate Research

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A small but growing body of research has begun to identify the consequences of military service during the all-voluntary era. Previous literature has emphasized the role played by the economic prospects of men in stimulating marriage, among both singles and cohabiters. Military service and marriage are related through pay rates, stability of employment and additional benefits awarded to married couples. In this article, we examine the relationship between military service and the likelihood that cohabiting unions will be converted into marriages. Our paper extends previous research by making a distinction between the effects of active-duty verses reserve-duty service on the transition to marriage using data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). Our findings indicate that there is a positive relationship between active-duty service and cohabitors transitioning to marriage.
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Lemmon, Megan, Mira Whyman and Jay D. Teachman. "Active-Duty Military Service in the United States: Cohabiting Unions and the Transition to Marriage." Demographic Research 20,10 (February 2009). DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.10.
2. Lemmon, Megan
Whyman, Mira
Teachman, Jay D.
Active-Duty Military Service, Cohabiting Unions, and the Transition to Marriage
Presented: Portland, OR, Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting, April 2008
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Pacific Sociological Association
Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Marriage; Military Service; Undergraduate Research

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

A small but growing body of research has begun to identify the consequences of military service during the all-voluntary era. Previous literature has emphasized the role played by the economic prospects of men in stimulating marriage, among both singles and cohabiters. Military service and marriage are related through pay rates, stability of employment and additional benefits awarded to married couples. In this article, we examine the relationship between military service and the likelihood that cohabiting unions will be converted into marriages. Our paper extends previous research by making a distinction between the effects of active-duty verses reserve-duty service on the transition to marriage using data from the 1979-2004 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). Our findings indicate that there is a positive relationship between active-duty service and cohabitors transitioning to marriage.
Bibliography Citation
Lemmon, Megan, Mira Whyman and Jay D. Teachman. "Active-Duty Military Service, Cohabiting Unions, and the Transition to Marriage." Presented: Portland, OR, Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting, April 2008.
3. Teachman, Jay D.
Are Veterans Healthier? Military Service and Health at Age 40 in the All-Volunteer Era
Social Science Research 40,1 (January 2011): 326-335.
Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X10000803
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Health Factors; Military Service; Veterans

I explore the relationship between active-duty military service and self-reported health measured at age 40. Based on selectivity, veterans of active-duty service might be expected to have better health than civilians. Using data taken from the NLSY-79, I show that this is not the case. Although veterans of reserve-duty service, and nonveterans who passed the military’s physical exam for entrance into the military report better physical health, active-duty veterans do not. The lower than expected self-reported health of active-duty veterans cannot be explained by differences on confounding variables such as income, education, and marital status. In addition, the lower physical health of these veterans cannot be explained by differences in health-related behaviors such as excessive alcohol use, cigarette smoking, and body mass index.
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Teachman, Jay D. "Are Veterans Healthier? Military Service and Health at Age 40 in the All-Volunteer Era." Social Science Research 40,1 (January 2011): 326-335.
4. Teachman, Jay D.
Body Weight, Marital Status, and Changes in Marital Status
Journal of Family Issues 37,1 (January 2016): 74-96.
Also: http://jfi.sagepub.com/content/37/1/74.abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Cohabitation; Divorce; Marital Status; Modeling, Growth Curve/Latent Trajectory Analysis; Weight

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In this article, I use 20 years of data taken from the 1979 National Longitudinal Study of Youth to examine the relationship between body weight and both marital status and changes in marital status. I use a latent growth curve model that allows both fixed and random effects. The results show that living without a partner, either being divorced or never married, is associated with lower body weight. Cohabitors and married respondents tend to weigh more. Marital transitions also matter but only for divorce. Gender does not appear to moderate these results.
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Teachman, Jay D. "Body Weight, Marital Status, and Changes in Marital Status." Journal of Family Issues 37,1 (January 2016): 74-96.
5. Teachman, Jay D.
Family Life Course Statuses and Transitions: Relationships with Health Limitations
Sociological Perspectives 53,2 (Summer 2010): 201–219.
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: University of California Press
Keyword(s): Divorce; Family Structure; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Life Course; Marital Status; Marriage; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Parenthood; Turbulence

In this study, the author uses 25 years of data taken from the 1979 National Longitudinal Study of Youth to examine the relationship between family life course statuses and transitions and work-related health limitations. The author uses a detailed set of statuses and transitions that include marriage, divorce, cohabitation, and parenthood. The measures of health used tap health limitations in the kind and amount of work that can be performed. Using a fixed-effects estimator for dichotomous outcomes, the author finds that marriage is positively related to the health of men but negatively related to the health of women. The author also finds that parenthood is not related to the health of men but is positively related to the health of women. The results also indicate that statuses are more important for determining health limitations than are transitions.
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Teachman, Jay D. "Family Life Course Statuses and Transitions: Relationships with Health Limitations." Sociological Perspectives 53,2 (Summer 2010): 201–219.
6. Teachman, Jay D.
Health Limitations and Post-Secondary School Enrollment
Population Research and Policy Review 31,1 (February 2012): 85-96.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/n3338l7l632657ux/fulltext.html
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Springer
Keyword(s): College Enrollment; Health Factors; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Modeling, Fixed Effects

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Using 25 years of data taken from the NLSY-79, I investigate the relationship between two measures of health-related work limitations and the likelihood of post-secondary school enrollment. I measure health-related work limitations both in terms of limitations in the kind of work that can be performed and in the amount of work that can be performed. I argue that limitations in kind of work will spur school enrollment, while limitations in amount of work will suppress school enrollment. Results support these arguments.
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Teachman, Jay D. "Health Limitations and Post-Secondary School Enrollment." Population Research and Policy Review 31,1 (February 2012): 85-96.
7. Teachman, Jay D.
Latent Growth Curve Models with Random and Fixed Effects
In: Emerging Methods in Family Research. S. McHale, P. Amato, and A. Booth, eds., Springer, National Symposium on Family Issues 4, 2014
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Springer
Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Modeling, Fixed Effects; Modeling, Growth Curve/Latent Trajectory Analysis; Modeling, Random Effects

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Previous research using latent growth curve models has been within the framework of random effects. Using longitudinal data on men’s BMI taken from the National Longitudinal Study of 1979, I show that traditional latent growth curve models estimated in a random-effects framework can be extended to a fixed-effects framework. I also show that latent growth curve models can be estimated when time-constant covariates are modeled on the inter-subject level. Finally, using data taken from the Early Years of Marriage Project, I demonstrate that latent growth curve models can be used for analyzing paired data. Specifically, the latent intercept and slope terms of husbands and wives can be allowed to co-vary. (Chapter 1)
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Teachman, Jay D. "Latent Growth Curve Models with Random and Fixed Effects" In: Emerging Methods in Family Research. S. McHale, P. Amato, and A. Booth, eds., Springer, National Symposium on Family Issues 4, 2014
8. Teachman, Jay D.
Military Service and Educational Attainment in the All-Volunteer Era
Sociology of Education 80,4 (October 2007): 359-374.
Also: http://soe.sagepub.com/content/80/4/359.abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: American Sociological Association
Keyword(s): All-Volunteer Force (AVF); Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Educational Attainment; Military Recruitment; Military Service; Racial Studies; Veterans

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This article uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine the relationship between service in the All Volunteer Force (AVF) military and educational attainment. Through the use of fixed-effects estimators, the author generated estimates of the effect of military service on the highest grade of school completed by men that are purged of the confounding effects of constant unmeasured household-specific and person-specific variables. He also implemented another series of controls for selectivity involving potential time-varying factors by comparing active-duty veterans to reserve-duty veterans and nonveterans who at some time indicated their intentions to enter the military. The results indicate that there is considerable diversity in the effect of military service among veterans according to such variables as education prior to service, score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test, branch of service, length of service, age at entry into the military, and race. Overall, however, veterans of the AVF receive less education than their civilian counterparts, and this educational gap tends to grow over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Teachman, Jay D. "Military Service and Educational Attainment in the All-Volunteer Era." Sociology of Education 80,4 (October 2007): 359-374.
9. Teachman, Jay D.
Military Service in the Vietnam Era and Educational Attainment
Sociology of Education 78,1 (January 2005): 50-68.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4148910
Cohort(s): Young Men
Publisher: American Sociological Association
Keyword(s): College Enrollment; Education; Educational Attainment; Military Service; Schooling; Veterans

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Using longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Study of Young Men for 1966-81, this study examined the effect of military service on the highest grade of schooling completed. Fixed-effects estimators were used to generate estimates of the effect of military service on the schooling trajectories of veterans and nonveterans that are independent of unmeasured household-specific and person-specific factors that may bias the relationship. The results indicate that veterans educational profiles differ from those of nonveterans. The veteran-nonveteran difference in schooling is substantial at the time veterans are discharged from the military (on average, a deficit of about one year) but diminishes thereafter (on average, to about a half year). The results also indicate that the effect of veteran status varies according to draft status, schooling prior to military service, and age at entry into the military but not race.
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D. "Military Service in the Vietnam Era and Educational Attainment." Sociology of Education 78,1 (January 2005): 50-68.
10. Teachman, Jay D.
Military Service, Race, and the Transition to Marriage and Cohabitation
Journal of Family Issues 30,10 (October 2009): 1433-1454.
Also: http://jfi.sagepub.com/content/30/10/1433.short
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Marriage; Military Personnel; Military Service; Racial Differences

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Using data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Study of Youth, the author investigates the relationship between military service and the transition to the first intimate union. The author argues that active-duty military service promotes marriage over cohabitation. The results are consistent with this argument, showing that active-duty members of the military are much more likely to choose marriage over cohabitation compared to reserve-duty service members, veterans, and comparable civilians. These results are particularly strong for Black men, indicating a possible relationship between working in a largely race-neutral environment and the choice of first intimate union.
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Teachman, Jay D. "Military Service, Race, and the Transition to Marriage and Cohabitation." Journal of Family Issues 30,10 (October 2009): 1433-1454.
11. Teachman, Jay D.
Race, Military Service, and Marital Timing: Evidence from the NLSY-79
Demography 44,2 (May 2007): 389-404.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/f2825282g00n1041/
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Income; Marriage; Military Service; Racial Differences

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I use data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Study of Youth to examine the relationship between military service and marital timing for white men and black men during the 1980s. I use information about active-duty and reserve-duty service as well as veteran status to implement strong controls for selectivity. I find that active-duty military service increases the probability of first marriage for both whites and blacks. In part, this relationship is due to positive selectivity into the military and, for whites, to greater income and economic stability. Above and beyond the effects of selectivity, income, and economic stability, the effect of active-duty military service is particularly strong for black men.
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D. "Race, Military Service, and Marital Timing: Evidence from the NLSY-79." Demography 44,2 (May 2007): 389-404.
12. Teachman, Jay D.
Wives’ Economic Resources and Risk of Divorce
Journal of Family Issues 31,10 (October 2010): 1305-1323.
Also: http://jfi.sagepub.com/content/31/10/1305
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Divorce; Economic Well-Being; Income; Labor Force Participation; Marriage; Wives

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Using longitudinal data covering 25 years from 1979 to 2004, the author examines the relationship between wives’ economic resources and the risk of marital dissolution. The author considers the effects of labor force participation, income, and relative income while accounting for potential endogeneity of wives’ economic resources. The extent to which wives’ economic resources are differentially related to marital disruption for Whites and Blacks is also ascertained. The author finds that the economic resources of women are tightly linked to the risk of divorce, both negatively and positively, for Whites but not for Blacks.
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Teachman, Jay D. "Wives’ Economic Resources and Risk of Divorce." Journal of Family Issues 31,10 (October 2010): 1305-1323.
13. Teachman, Jay D.
Work-Related Health Limitations, Education, and the Risk of Marital Disruption
Journal of Marriage and Family 72,4 (August 2010): 919-932.
Also: http://www.wwu.edu/soc/bios/documents/Teachman2010JMFv72.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online
Keyword(s): Divorce; Educational Attainment; Health Factors; Marital Dissolution; Racial Differences; Variables, Independent - Covariate

Despite progress in identifying the covariates of divorce, there remain substantial gaps in the knowledge. One of these gaps is the relationship between health and risk of marital dissolution. I extend prior research by examining the linkages between work-related health limitations and divorce using 25 years of data (N = 7919) taken from the 1979 National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY-79). I found that work-related health limitations among husbands, but not wives, were linked to an increased risk of divorce. In addition, I found that this relationship was moderated by education in a fashion that varies according to race. For White men, education exacerbated the effect of health limitations, but for Black men, education attenuated the effects of work-related health limitations.
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Teachman, Jay D. "Work-Related Health Limitations, Education, and the Risk of Marital Disruption." Journal of Marriage and Family 72,4 (August 2010): 919-932.
14. Teachman, Jay D.
Anderson, Carter
Tedrow, Lucky M.
Military Service and Alcohol Use
Presented: Boston MA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, May 2014
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Gender Differences; Military Service; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Veterans

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It is well known that enlistees and veterans are more likely to use alcohol than civilians. However, most of this research is potentially biased in that it often does not employ control variables and is based on cross-sectional data. Much of this research also fails to consider the relationship between military service and alcohol use among women. Using longitudinal data from the 1997 National Longitudinal Study of Youth, we investigate the relationship between military service and alcohol use using a fixed-effects approach. We find that military service appears to encourage young men to consume alcohol. Also, the effect of military service is not limited to the time that men spend in the military in that male veterans are also more likely to consume alcohol than are comparable civilians. We find, however, that women who serve, both enlistees and veterans, are less likely to drink than their civilian counterparts.
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Teachman, Jay D., Carter Anderson and Lucky M. Tedrow. "Military Service and Alcohol Use." Presented: Boston MA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, May 2014.
15. Teachman, Jay D.
Anderson, Carter
Tedrow, Lucky M.
Military Service and Alcohol Use in the United States
Armed Forces and Society 41,3 (July 2015): 460-476.
Also: http://afs.sagepub.com/content/41/3/460.abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces & Society
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Gender Differences; Military Service; Modeling, Fixed Effects

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It is well known that enlistees and veterans in the United States are more likely to use alcohol than civilians. However, most of this research is potentially biased in that it often does not employ control variables (other than age) and is based on cross-sectional data. Much of this research also fails to consider the relationship between military service and alcohol use among women. Using longitudinal data taken from the 1997 National Longitudinal Study of Youth, we investigate the relationship between military service and alcohol consumption employing a fixed-effects approach. We find that military service appears to encourage young men to consume alcohol. It is also the case that the effect of military service is not limited to the time that men spend in the military given that male veterans are also more likely to consume alcohol than are comparable nonveterans. We find, however, that women who serve, both enlistees and veterans, are less likely to drink than their civilian counterparts.
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D., Carter Anderson and Lucky M. Tedrow. "Military Service and Alcohol Use in the United States." Armed Forces and Society 41,3 (July 2015): 460-476.
16. Teachman, Jay D.
Day, Randal D.
Carver, Karen P.
Call, Vaughn R. A.
Paasch, Kathleen M.
Sibling Resemblance in Behavioral and Cognitive Outcomes: The Role of Father Presence
Presented: Bethesda, MD, Conference on Father Involvement, October 1996
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Author
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavioral Differences; Cognitive Development; Family Structure; Fathers, Absence; Fathers, Involvement; Modeling; Parents, Single; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Siblings

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Using longitudinal data on sibling pairs from the NLSY, we investigate the influence of father-presence on behavioral and cognitive outcomes. Our results indicate that children who live in one-parent families exhibit more behavioral problems and have lower mathematics and reading ability. The differences across time between children in two-parent and one-parent families are very stable for behavioral problems and mathematics ability. For reading ability, however, the difference between children in two-parent and one-parent families increase over time. In addition, there is a drop over time in the percentage of between-family variance in reading scores, particularly for younger siblings. This pattern suggests an increasing sensitivity of reading ability to extra-familial sources of influence as children age. That this increased sensitivity to extra-familial influences results in lower reading scores only for children in one-parent families suggests that a different set of non familial factors are operating for these children.
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Teachman, Jay D., Randal D. Day, Karen P. Carver, Vaughn R. A. Call and Kathleen M. Paasch. "Sibling Resemblance in Behavioral and Cognitive Outcomes: The Role of Father Presence." Presented: Bethesda, MD, Conference on Father Involvement, October 1996.
17. Teachman, Jay D.
Day, Randal D.
Paasch, Kathleen M.
Carver, Karen P.
Call, Vaughn R. A.
Sibling Resemblance in Behavioral and Cognitive Outcomes: The Role of Father Presence
Journal of Marriage and Family 60,4 (November 1998): 835-848.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/view/00222445/ap020142/02a00040/0
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: National Council on Family Relations
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavioral Differences; Cognitive Development; Family Structure; Fathers, Absence; Fathers, Involvement; Fathers, Presence; Modeling; Parents, Single; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Siblings

Using longitudinal data on sibling pairs from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, we investigate the influence of father presence on behavioral and cognitive outcomes for children. Our results indicate that children who live in one-parent families exhibit more behavioral problems and have lower mathematics and reading ability than children in two-parent families. The differences across time between children in two-parent and one-parent families are very stable for behavioral problems and mathematics ability. For reading ability, however, the difference between children in two-parent and one-parent families increases over time.
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Teachman, Jay D., Randal D. Day, Kathleen M. Paasch, Karen P. Carver and Vaughn R. A. Call. "Sibling Resemblance in Behavioral and Cognitive Outcomes: The Role of Father Presence." Journal of Marriage and Family 60,4 (November 1998): 835-848.
18. Teachman, Jay D.
Paasch, Kathleen M.
Day, Randal D.
Carver, Karen P.
Poverty During Adolescence and Subsequent Educational Attainment
In: Consequences of Growing Up Poor. G.J. Duncan and J. Brooks-Gunn, eds., New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1997: 382-418
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, Mature Women, Older Men, Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Keyword(s): Child Health; Children, Poverty; Educational Attainment; Family Structure; Fertility; Gender Differences; High School Completion/Graduates; High School Diploma; Household Composition; Intelligence; Maternal Employment; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Poverty; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Factors

Chapter 13. The immediate effects of poverty on the living conditions, nutrition and physical and emotional health of children are relatively well documented (Mare 1982; McLeod and Shanahan 1993; McLoyd 1990; Miller and Korenman 1994a, I994b; Parker, Greer, and Zuckerman 1988). Less evidence is available on the longer-term consequences of poverty for children. This chapter focuses on the potential link between the experience of poverty in adolescence and subsequent educational achievement. A variety of evidence linking events and circumstances in childhood to outcomes in later life suggests that a childhood lived in poverty may have lasting effects. A substantial body of literature indicates the importance of parental socioeconomic and household characteristics for their offspring's eventual level of education, occupational status, and income (Blau and Duncan 1967; Corcoran et al. 1992; Duncan, Featherman, and Duncan 1972; Featherman and Hauser 1978: Hauser and Daymont 1977; Hauser and Featherman 1977; Jencks et al. 1972, 1979; Jencks, Crouse, and Meuser 1983; Sewell and Hauser 1975; Sewell, Hauser, and Wolfe 1980). We build on this literature by examining the link between poverty experienced during adolescence and several educational outcomes, including high school completion, college attendance, and years of schooling attained. We take a longitudinal perspective, distinguishing between short-term and longer term poverty. We also consider various measures of poverty as well as the impact of welfare receipt. Finally, we implement controls for a wide range of potentially confounding influences such as race, sex, parental education, family structure and intellectual ability (IQ).
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D., Kathleen M. Paasch, Randal D. Day and Karen P. Carver. "Poverty During Adolescence and Subsequent Educational Attainment" In: Consequences of Growing Up Poor. G.J. Duncan and J. Brooks-Gunn, eds., New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1997: 382-418
19. Teachman, Jay D.
Tedrow, Lucky M.
Altering the Life Course: Military Service and Contact with the Criminal Justice System
Social Science Research 60 (November 2016): 74-87.
Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X16301661
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Arrests; Criminal Justice System; Life Course; Military Service

Using data taken from the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we examine the relationship between military service and contact with the criminal justice system. Drawing on the life course concept of a turning point, we show that military service does little to affect the risk of being arrested or being convicted of crimes involving violence or destructive behavior, while at the same time significantly reducing the risk of being arrested or being convicted of non-violent crimes. We find no evidence that service in a combat zone alters these relationships. Our results demonstrate how participation in a large-scale institution can serve as a turning point, altering the life course trajectories of young persons.
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D. and Lucky M. Tedrow. "Altering the Life Course: Military Service and Contact with the Criminal Justice System." Social Science Research 60 (November 2016): 74-87.
20. Teachman, Jay D.
Tedrow, Lucky M.
Delinquent Behavior, the Transition to Adulthood, and the Likelihood of Military Enlistment
Social Science Research 45 (May 2014): 46-55.
Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X14000039
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Military Enlistment; Transition, Adulthood

Using data taken from the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth we examine the relationship between delinquency and enlistment in the military. We argue that delinquent behavior is positively related to enlistment because military service is an attractive alternative for delinquents to mark their transition to adulthood and their desistance from delinquent behavior. We also argue, however, that this relationship is not linear, with higher levels of delinquent behavior actually acting to reduce the likelihood of enlistment. We further suggest that the relationship between delinquency and enlistment is similar for men and women. We test and find support for our hypotheses using data taken from the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D. and Lucky M. Tedrow. "Delinquent Behavior, the Transition to Adulthood, and the Likelihood of Military Enlistment." Social Science Research 45 (May 2014): 46-55.
21. Teachman, Jay D.
Tedrow, Lucky M.
Divorce, Race, and Military Service: More Than Equal Pay and Equal Opportunity
Journal of Marriage and Family 70,4 (November 2008): 1030-1044.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00544.x/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online
Keyword(s): Divorce; Military Enlistment; Military Service; Racial Differences

Several researchers have suggested that the persistently higher rate of divorce among Blacks may be due to hard-to-measure concepts such as culture or norms. To attack this problem, we use data from the NLSY-79 to examine the risk of divorce among enlisted active-duty military servicemen where economic differences and the negative effects of discrimination are minimized. Our results indicate that military service reduces the likelihood of marital dissolution among Blacks serving in the Army and that this finding is not likely the result of unobserved selectivity. We attribute the latter finding to the fact that the Army has a well-defined career ladder for Blacks that fully integrates them into leadership positions providing role models and positive work environments that reduce stress associated with discrimination and promote stable marriages.
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D. and Lucky M. Tedrow. "Divorce, Race, and Military Service: More Than Equal Pay and Equal Opportunity." Journal of Marriage and Family 70,4 (November 2008): 1030-1044.
22. Teachman, Jay D.
Tedrow, Lucky M.
Joining Up: Did Military Service in the Early All Volunteer Era Affect Subsequent Civilian Income?
Social Science Research 36,4 (December 2007): 1447-1474.
Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X07000178
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Education; Income; Military Service; Racial Differences

Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, we examine the long-term implications of military service for men’s income. We show strong variations in the effect of military service according to race and education. We do so while considering the effect of military service on the income trajectories of men and including a series of controls for selectivity. We find that while serving in the military, young men from disadvantaged backgrounds earn more than their civilian counterparts. Upon discharge, however, the income premium associated with military service tends to dissipate, and for White veterans with at least a high school degree, an income deficit results.
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D. and Lucky M. Tedrow. "Joining Up: Did Military Service in the Early All Volunteer Era Affect Subsequent Civilian Income?" Social Science Research 36,4 (December 2007): 1447-1474.
23. Teachman, Jay D.
Tedrow, Lucky M.
Veteran Status and Body Weight: A Longitudinal Fixed-Effects Approach
Population Research and Policy Review 32, 2 (April 2013): 199-220.
Also: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11113-012-9262-5
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Springer
Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Life Course; Military Service; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Obesity; Veterans; Weight

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About 10–12 % of young men (and increasingly, women) have served a term in the military. Yet, we know relatively little about the consequences of military service for the lives of those who serve. In this article, we provide estimates of the relationship between men’s peacetime military service during the all-volunteer era (AVE) and body weight using longitudinal data on 6,304 men taken from the National Longitudinal Survey of 1979 (NLSY-79). Using fixed-effects estimators on up to 13 years of data and numerous controls for time-varying life-course characteristics linked to body weight, we find that veterans of active-duty military service have higher levels of BMI and obesity. We argue that eating habits learned during service, coupled with patterns of physical activity, lead to a situation whereby veterans making the transition to less active civilian lifestyles gain weight that is not lost over time.
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D. and Lucky M. Tedrow. "Veteran Status and Body Weight: A Longitudinal Fixed-Effects Approach." Population Research and Policy Review 32, 2 (April 2013): 199-220.
24. Teachman, Jay D.
Tedrow, Lucky M.
Wages, Earnings, And Occupational Status: Did World War II Veterans Receive A Premium?
Social Science Research 33,4 (December 2004): 581-605.
Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X03000838
Cohort(s): Older Men
Publisher: Academic Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Human Capital Theory; Income Level; Life Course; Military Service; Occupational Attainment; Racial Studies; Veterans

Over 16 million men served during World War II (WWII), and we know that veterans obtained more education and earned higher incomes than did non-veterans and that these premiums were more substantial for Blacks and less educated men. However, we know very little about the reasons for such veteran premiums. Using several distinct, yet connected, theoretical traditions that have been used to link military service to subsequent outcomes--theories of the life course, the status attainment perspective, relatively new conceptualizations of social capital, economic theories of human capital, and theories of selectivity--we seek to redress this lack of understanding. We use survey data from the National Longitudinal Study of Mature Men (NLSMM) to examine the long-term effects of military service during WWII on occupational and income attainments. We find that the effects associated with being a veteran of WWII are modest and are mostly limited to less advantaged veterans, and can be largely explained by differences in human capital investment or selectivity. The one finding that cannot be explained by differences in family background, human capital investments, and selectivity is a higher hourly wage rate associated with being a Black veteran.
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D. and Lucky M. Tedrow. "Wages, Earnings, And Occupational Status: Did World War II Veterans Receive A Premium? ." Social Science Research 33,4 (December 2004): 581-605.
25. Teachman, Jay D.
Tedrow, Lucky M.
Anderson, Carter
The Relationship between Military Service and Childbearing for Men and Women
Sociological Perspectives 58,4 (December 2015): 595-608.
Also: http://spx.sagepub.com/content/58/4/595.abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Pacific Sociological Association
Keyword(s): Childbearing; Fertility; Gender Differences; Military Service; Modeling, Fixed Effects

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Using data taken from the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY-97), we examine the relationship between military service and childbearing for both men and women. Using a fixed-effects procedure on longitudinal data, we find that military service reduces the fertility of male and female recruits. The negative effect of military service is much larger for women than for men. In addition, the negative effects of military service on childbearing persist after service members leave the military, although the effects diminish over time. Overall, even though military service may not lead to lower completed fertility, the evidence suggests a delaying effect on childbearing.
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D., Lucky M. Tedrow and Carter Anderson. "The Relationship between Military Service and Childbearing for Men and Women." Sociological Perspectives 58,4 (December 2015): 595-608.
26. Whyman, Mira
Lemmon, Megan
Teachman, Jay D.
Non-Combat Military Service in the United States and its Effects on Depression
Presented: San Diego, CA, Medical Sociology Undergraduate Roundtable Session, Pacific Sociological Association meeting, April, 2009
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Pacific Sociological Association
Keyword(s): Depression (see also CESD); Marriage; Military Service; Undergraduate Research

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Scheduled for presentation at the Western Washington University, Scholars Week--Sociology Program, May, 2009.

A large body of research has established that military service can have a negative effect on soldiers, especially when they have been exposed to combat, resulting in PTSD and a wide range of other mental health problems. However, very little research examines what positive effect non-combat military service can have on mental health, and more specifically depression. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) we show that men who serve on active duty, and do not see combat, are less likely to experience depression than their civilian and reserve duty counterparts. We suggest that it is the high level of social support available to men serving on active duty that buffers the stresses they experience and therefore reduces the likelihood of an individual developing depression. In addition, veterans enjoy more advantages family life course histories.

Bibliography Citation
Whyman, Mira, Megan Lemmon and Jay D. Teachman. "Non-Combat Military Service in the United States and its Effects on Depression." Presented: San Diego, CA, Medical Sociology Undergraduate Roundtable Session, Pacific Sociological Association meeting, April, 2009.
27. Whyman, Mira
Lemmon, Megan
Teachman, Jay D.
Non-Combat Military Service in the United States and Its Effects on Depressive Symptoms Among Men
Social Science Research 40,2 (March 2011): 695-703. also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X10002863
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Academic Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Depression (see also CESD); Health, Mental/Psychological; Military Service; Stress; Veterans

A large body of research has established that combat has negative effects on the mental health of soldiers, resulting in PTSD and a wide range of related mental health problems. However, very little research examines what effects non-combat military service may have on the mental health of men. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) we show that men who serve on active duty, and do not see combat, are less likely to experience depressive symptoms than their nonveteran and reserve duty counterparts, although this effect tends to dissipate after discharge from the military. We suggest several mechanisms through which active duty military service may act to reduce the likelihood of developing depressive symptoms. [Copyright © Elsevier]
Bibliography Citation
Whyman, Mira, Megan Lemmon and Jay D. Teachman. "Non-Combat Military Service in the United States and Its Effects on Depressive Symptoms Among Men." Social Science Research 40,2 (March 2011): 695-703.