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Author: Vericker, Tracy
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. Kuehn, Daniel
Pergamit, Michael R.
Vericker, Tracy
Vulnerability, Risk, and the Transition to Adulthood
Low-Income Working Families Paper 18. Washington DC: The Urban Institute, August 2011.
Also: http://www.urban.org/publications/412395.html
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Urban Institute
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Disconnected Youth; Family Income; Health, Mental/Psychological; High School Dropouts; Immigrants; Neighborhood Effects; Parents, Single; Poverty; Risk-Taking; Schooling, Post-secondary; Socioeconomic Background; Transition, Adulthood

Growing up poor strongly predicts poverty and poor adult outcomes. This study explores two primary reasons poverty may persist across generations: risk behavior in adolescence and dropping out of high school. Results suggest that risk behavior and dropping out help perpetuate poor economic outcomes for children from single-parent families but are less important for children who grow up in low-income families. The findings suggest that policies directed at reducing youth risk behavior and dropping out can improve economic outcomes when targeted to youth from single-parent households.
Bibliography Citation
Kuehn, Daniel, Michael R. Pergamit and Tracy Vericker. "Vulnerability, Risk, and the Transition to Adulthood." Low-Income Working Families Paper 18. Washington DC: The Urban Institute, August 2011.
2. Macomber, Jennifer Ehrle
Pergamit, Michael R.
Vericker, Tracy
Kuehn, Daniel
McDaniel, Marla
Zielewski, Erica H.
Kent, Adam
Johnson, Heidi
Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood
Urban Institute Series, August 19, 2009. http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/09/vulnerableyouth/index.shtml
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; CESD (Depression Scale); Depression (see also CESD); Disconnected Youth; Ethnic Studies; Family Income; Gender Differences; Health, Mental/Psychological; Immigrants; Neighborhood Effects; Poverty; Risk-Taking; Schooling, Post-secondary; Socioeconomic Background; Transition, Adulthood; Transition, School to Work

Background

This project examined the role of different aspects of youth vulnerability and risk-taking behaviors on several outcomes for young adults. The data come from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 cohort (NLSY97). The NLSY97, funded by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, follows a sample of adolescents in 1997 into young adulthood with annual interviews that capture their education, employment, family formation, and other behaviors. The analyses in this series use the subset of youth born in 1980-81, who were 15-17 years old when first interviewed in 1997. Outcomes are obtained by using the annual data through 2005 when these young adults were 23-25 years old.

Major findings from this project include:

Connectedness Trajectories of Youth: Trajectory analyses reveal that youth follow one of four patterns in connecting to the labor market and school between the ages of 18 and 24: consistently-connected, later-connected, initially-connected, or never-connected. The study also describes the factors associated with membership in each group, such as participation in adolescent risk behaviors.

Employment and Education Outcomes for Second Generation Latino Youth: Analyses suggest that second generation Latinos make a fairly smooth transition to young adulthood and, after controlling for other factors, make a better transition than white, black, and third generation Latino youth. At the same time, they are less likely to engage in post-secondary schooling than whites in young adulthood, which may contribute to a potential gap in future earnings.

Young Adult Outcomes for Vulnerable Youth: For three groups of potentially vulnerable youth (youth from low-income families, youth from distressed neighborhoods, and youth with poor mental health) findings suggest vulnerable youth have relatively high levels of participation in risky behaviors as adolescents and relatively lower earnings and connectedness to the labor market and school in early adulthood. The study also considers differences in behaviors and outcomes between young men and young women as they transition to adulthood, and findings suggest that differences between young men and young women are related to the fact that some women are caring for children.

Publications

Multiple Pathways Connecting to School and Work, Research Brief

Second-Generation Latinos, Connecting to School and Work, Research Brief

Youth from Low-Income Families, Fact Sheet

Youth from Distressed Neighborhoods, Fact Sheet

Youth with Depression/Anxiety, Fact Sheet

Young Men and Young Women, Fact Sheet

Bibliography Citation
Macomber, Jennifer Ehrle, Michael R. Pergamit, Tracy Vericker, Daniel Kuehn, Marla McDaniel, Erica H. Zielewski, Adam Kent and Heidi Johnson. "Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood." Urban Institute Series, August 19, 2009. http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/09/vulnerableyouth/index.shtml.