Young Adults' Fertility Expectations and Events: Associations with College Enrollment and Persistence

Autor/inn/en	Raley, R. Kelly; Kim, Yujin; Daniels, Kimberly
Titel	Young Adults' Fertility Expectations and Events: Associations with College Enrollment and Persistence
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 74 (2012) 4, S.866-879 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
Schlagwörter	Females; Dropouts; Academic Persistence; Enrollment; Educational Attainment; Adolescents; Early Parenthood; Young Adults; Pregnancy; College Students; Longitudinal Studies; Cohort Analysis; Expectation; Correlation; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Einschulung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Schwangerschaft; Collegestudent; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Kohortenanalyse; Expectancy; Erwartung; Korrelation
Abstract	The analyses described in this article investigated the association between adolescent fertility expectations and college enrollment (N = 7,838). They also explored the potential impact of fertility expectations and events on college persistence among 4-year (n = 2,605) and 2-year (n = 1,962) college students. The analysis, which used data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 cohort, showed a significant association between expectations for early parenthood and the likelihood of going to a 4-year college or 2-year college for both men and women. In addition, the authors found that pregnancies were associated with an increased risk of college dropout for women; however, if all of the estimated effect of pregnancies on the risk of dropout were causal, they would still not be a major factor contributing to educational attainment because fertile pregnancies among college women are so rare. (Contains 5 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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