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Title: Mediators of Educational Attainment Among Early Childbearers
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Kalmuss, Debra S. Namerow, Pearila Brickner |
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Mediators of Educational Attainment Among Early Childbearers Presented: Bethesda, MA, NICHD Conference, "Outcomes of Early Childbearing: An Appraisal of Recent Evidence", May 1992 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Age at First Intercourse; Educational Milestones; Fertility; Schooling, Post-secondary The purpose of the present study is to more fully examine the mediators of educational attainment among teenage mothers. We extend previous work by developing multivanate models of educational outcomes for these women. In addition, this analysis is based on the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, a national survey which contains a larger, and more representative sample of teenage mothers whose fertility experiences were more recent than the samples used in earlier studies of this topic. The theoretical model guiding our analysis assumes that teenage mothers' ultimate educational attainment is mediated by: early background characteristics, pre-birth educational characteristics, characteristics at first birth and post-birth experiences. In developing this model as well as choosing the variables in each mediating set, we were influenced by the status attainment literature, research on the effects of age at f'st birth on educational outcomes, Furstenberg's study, and of course, the data available from the NLSY. Below, we discuss our conceptualization of the outcome measure as well as each of the mediating variable sets presented in Figure 1. Educational Attainment |
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Kalmuss, Debra S. and Pearila Brickner Namerow. "Mediators of Educational Attainment Among Early Childbearers." Presented: Bethesda, MA, NICHD Conference, "Outcomes of Early Childbearing: An Appraisal of Recent Evidence", May 1992. |