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Title: Family Background, Childhood Disadvantage, and Unintended Fertility
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1. Lee, Dohoon
England, Paula A.
Family Background, Childhood Disadvantage, and Unintended Fertility
Presented: Busan, Republic of Korea, IUSSP International Population Conference, August 2013
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)
Keyword(s): Age at Birth; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Birthweight; Family Background and Culture; Fertility; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Wantedness

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In the U.S., most research on unintended fertility tends to address differences by family background and the sociodemographic contexts in which unintended births occur. However, little is known about the mechanisms by which family background is associated with unintended childbearing. In this study, we propose childhood disadvantage as a key mediating factor that explains the family background gradient on unintended fertility. Drawing upon the life course and human capital formation literature, we identify four dimensions of childhood disadvantage: economic resources, family structure, parenting quality, and self-regulation. Using data from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and event history models, this study examines the relative role that each dimension of childhood disadvantage plays in linking family background to unintended fertility.
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Lee, Dohoon and Paula A. England. "Family Background, Childhood Disadvantage, and Unintended Fertility." Presented: Busan, Republic of Korea, IUSSP International Population Conference, August 2013.