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Title: Self-Esteem Enhancement Through Fertility? Addressing Issues of Socio-Economic Prospects, Gender, and Mutual Influence
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Oates, Gary L. |
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Self-Esteem Enhancement Through Fertility? Addressing Issues of Socio-Economic Prospects, Gender, and Mutual Influence Presented: New York, NY, American Sociological Association, August 1996 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Divorce; Gender Differences; Marriage; Parenthood; Self-Esteem; Socioeconomic Factors Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, examines whether or not parenthood (as measured by number of children) enhances one's self-esteem, whether the effect of parenthood on self-esteem is stronger among the less socioeconomically privileged & among women, & whether there is evidence of mutual influence in the relationship between parenthood & self-esteem. Results indicate that parenthood does not influence the self-esteem of men, & wields a modest negative effect on the self-esteem of women. The latter effect, however, appears to be a spurious consequence of the relationship between both variables & socioeconomic prospects, a variable that displays a strong positive correlation with self-esteem, & a strong negative correlation with number of children. There is no evidence that having children enhances the self-esteem of those who are less socioeconomically privileged, or any other class of individuals. Results are also more consistent with the notion that parenthood influences self-esteem, rather than the reverse. (Copyright 1996, Sociological Abstracts, Inc., all rights reserved.) |
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Oates, Gary L. "Self-Esteem Enhancement Through Fertility? Addressing Issues of Socio-Economic Prospects, Gender, and Mutual Influence." Presented: New York, NY, American Sociological Association, August 1996. |