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ANDERSON, DOUGLAS K. Adolescent Mothers Drop Out American Sociological Review 58,5 (October 1993): 735-738 Cohort(s): NLSY79 ID Number: 43 Publisher: American Sociological Association Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Comment on Upchurch and McCarthy, ASR, April 1990. To address the relationships between adolescent childbearing and completion of high school, Upchurch and McCarthy (1990, henceforward UM) examined the frequency and timing of three critical events in the lives of young women: the birth of a first child, dropping out of high school, and high school graduation. Socioeconomic factors were used as controls. Unfortunately, UM misinterpret their results at several key points. ANDERSON, DOUGLAS K. Effects of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood on High School Dropout Discussion Paper No. 1027-93. Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin - Madison, December 1993 Cohort(s): NLSY79 ID Number: 44 Publisher: Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP), University of Wisconsin - Madison Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. A previous version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, April 1, 1993, Cincinnati, Ohio. This paper uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to explore the effect of fertility on high school dropout, and differences in that effect by age at first birth. Fertility is conceptualized as a series of states: pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and motherhood. Pregnant students and mothers are much more likely to drop out than students who are not pregnant or mothers. Models including a wide variety of controls for social background, ability, schooling factors, and adolescent behaviors show that the net effects of pregnancy and motherhood on dropout are substantively and statistically significant. The effects of fertility on dropout are strongest for the youngest students. ANDERSON, DOUGLAS K. Effects of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood on High School Dropout and Graduation Presented: Cincinnati, OH, Population Association of America Meetings, April 1993 Cohort(s): NLSY79 ID Number: 45 Publisher: Population Association of America Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The educational effects of a first birth are explored by estimating the consequences of pregnancy, giving birth, and being a mother on high school dropout and on graduation among previous dropouts. Event history analysis is based on schooling histories constructed from annual enrollment reports and fertility histories of female respondents of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 to 1986 interviews. Controlling for background, pregnancy dramatically increases the incidence of dropout, especially for very young women. Mothers, especially new mothers and very young mothers, have significantly elevated dropout rates. Dropout mothers have lower rates of graduation than other dropouts for at least the first six years after dropout. ANDERSON, DOUGLAS K. Paths Through Secondary Education: Race/Ethnic and Gender Differences Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1994 Cohort(s): NLSY79 ID Number: 46 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Secondary education is a series of transitions: entry to high school, grade repetition, dropout, re-enrollment after dropout, and alternative diploma-earning. After documenting race/ethnic and gender differences in these transitions, this work examines the correlates and determinants of each transition. The analysis is based primarily on hazard rate models of secondary schooling histories from 1978-79 to 1985-86 of 5,755 individuals drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1960 to 1964 birth cohorts. Male students are more likely to repeat grades, a difference not explained by any characteristics included in this analysis. There was no appreciable gender difference in dropout rates. Ability is a strong predictor of grade repetition, while dropout depends on ability, background, and many intervening variables. Analyses of re-enrollment and earning alternative diplomas (GEDs) revealed few reliable race/ethnic or gender differences. All else equal, black dropouts returned to school at higher rates than white dropouts, and male dropouts returned at lower rates than female dropouts. Search returned 4 items. Search Start: 20:24:03 Search Finish: 20:24:03
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