| Literature DB >> 7720849 |
D H Klepinger1, S Lundberg, R D Plotnick.
Abstract
Analyses based on a sample of 2,795 women interviewed annually from 1979 through 1991 in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth show that early childbearing lowers the educational attainment of young women. After controls for an extensive set of personal and community characteristics are taken into account, having a child before age 20 significantly reduces schooling attained by almost three years among whites, blacks and Hispanics. Having a child before age 18 has a significant effect only among blacks, reducing years of schooling by 1.2 years.Entities:
Keywords: Adolescent Pregnancy; Adolescents; Adolescents, Female; Age Factors; Americas; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Fertility; Mothers; North America; Northern America; Parents; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Reproductive Behavior; Research Report; Sampling Studies; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Studies; Surveys; United States; Youth--women
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Year: 1995 PMID： 7720849
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Fam Plann Perspect ISSN： 0014-7354