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Title: The Timing of a First Birth and High School Completion
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Upchurch, Dawn M. McCarthy, James |
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The Timing of a First Birth and High School Completion American Sociological Review 55,2 (April 1990): 224-234. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2095628 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Childbearing; Fertility; First Birth; High School Completion/Graduates; High School Dropouts; Schooling Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper re-examined the relationship between childbearing and schooling for a recent cohort of women. Utilizing data from the NLSY, it was found that while a birth is not predictive of dropping out of school, a birth does hinder eventual graduation among high school dropouts. Additionally, a women who becomes a mother at any time after dropping out of school is less likely to graduate; the effect of a birth depends very little on when it occurred after a women dropped out. |
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Upchurch, Dawn M. and James McCarthy. "The Timing of a First Birth and High School Completion." American Sociological Review 55,2 (April 1990): 224-234.
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