TY - JOUR
T1 - Precursors of young women's family formation pathways
AU - Amato, Paul R.
AU - Landale, Nancy S.
AU - Havasevich-Brooks, Tara C.
AU - Booth, Alan
AU - Eggebeen, David J.
AU - Schoen, Robert
AU - McHale, Susan M.
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - We used latent class analysis to create family formation pathways for women between the ages of 18 and 23. Input variables included cohabitation, marriage, parenthood, full-time employment, and attending school. Data (n = 2,290) came from Waves I and III of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The analysis revealed seven latent pathways: college-no family formation (29%), high school-no family formation (19%), cohabitation without children (15%), married mothers (14%), single mothers (10%), cohabiting mothers (8%), and inactive (6%). Three sets of variables distinguished between the groups: personal and social resources in adolescence, family socioeconomic resources and adolescent academic achievement, and conservative values and behavior in adolescence.
AB - We used latent class analysis to create family formation pathways for women between the ages of 18 and 23. Input variables included cohabitation, marriage, parenthood, full-time employment, and attending school. Data (n = 2,290) came from Waves I and III of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The analysis revealed seven latent pathways: college-no family formation (29%), high school-no family formation (19%), cohabitation without children (15%), married mothers (14%), single mothers (10%), cohabiting mothers (8%), and inactive (6%). Three sets of variables distinguished between the groups: personal and social resources in adolescence, family socioeconomic resources and adolescent academic achievement, and conservative values and behavior in adolescence.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00565.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00565.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:57149100988
SN - 0022-2445
VL - 70
SP - 1271
EP - 1286
JO - Journal of Marriage and Family
JF - Journal of Marriage and Family
IS - 5
ER -