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Title: Welfare and Early Motherhood
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Crowley, Joan E. |
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Welfare and Early Motherhood Presented: Seattle, WA, Association of Women in Psychology, 1983 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Association for Women in Psychology Keyword(s): Childbearing; First Birth; Racial Differences; Self-Esteem; Sex Roles; Welfare Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Anecdotal evidence has led to concern that early childbirth leads to welfare dependency among young women, particularly minority women. This paper uses data on women from the 1982 NLSY to look at the links between childbirth, poverty and welfare, comparing women who had had a first birth before their 18th birthday with women who had had children at an older age and with non-mothers. Early childbirth was associated with poverty, low educational attainment and aspirations, low self-esteem, and traditional views of women's roles. Multivariate analysis showed that family composition, particularly marriage and independence from parents was associated with staying off welfare following childbirth. Controlling for background factors, race is not a significant predictor of welfare receipt. |
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Crowley, Joan E. "Welfare and Early Motherhood." Presented: Seattle, WA, Association of Women in Psychology, 1983. |