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Title: Three Essays on the Interrelationships between Socioeconomic Resources, Family Formation, and Child Wellbeing
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VanOrman, Alicia |
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Three Essays on the Interrelationships between Socioeconomic Resources, Family Formation, and Child Wellbeing Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015 Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Childbearing, Premarital/Nonmarital; Cohabitation; Family Formation; Marital Status; Socioeconomic Status (SES) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The first chapter uses data from two recent cohorts of young women from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine how the relationship between women's socioeconomic status and having a child outside of marriage has changed across cohorts. Despite striking growth in the prevalence of nonmarital childbearing across cohorts, I find that nonmarital childbearing continues to be concentrated among less-advantaged women. In contrast to prior work, however, I also find that women's economic opportunities are increasingly important for nonmarital childbearing. The second chapter draws on data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 cohort to investigate how men's and women's economic trajectories influence the transition to marriage among cohabitors. I find that growth in earnings and increased schooling hastens the transition to marriage, whereas a loss in earnings or employment encourages separation. The relationship between economic status and marriage varies little across gender and parental status, though the associations are more consistent among men and especially, fathers. The results of this study provide further evidence that having limited economic resources presents a significant barrier to marriage. |
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VanOrman, Alicia. Three Essays on the Interrelationships between Socioeconomic Resources, Family Formation, and Child Wellbeing. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015. |