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Title: Pathways to Family Formation in an Era of Student Loan Debt
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Min, Stella |
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Pathways to Family Formation in an Era of Student Loan Debt Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, Florida State University, 2018 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Age at First Birth; Age at First Marriage; Cohabitation; College Enrollment; Debt/Borrowing; Family Formation; Marriage; Parenthood; Student Loans / Student Aid Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. With national statistics indicating burgeoning student debt loads among emerging adults, but fewer studies analyzing the consequences of student borrowing, the purpose of this dissertation was to examine the association between student loan debt and the transition to family life among a nationally representative cohort of young adults between ages 20 and 34 using the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997 (NLSY97). The study was guided by three research aims: Aim 1) Examine the role of student loan debt in shaping the timing and sequencing of (1) full-time employment, (2) postsecondary enrollment, (3) cohabitation, (4) marriage, and (5) parenthood. Aim 2) Investigate the association between student debt and family formation pathways, net of socioeconomic confounders. Aim 3) Illuminate the potential observed and unobserved process(es) underlying the association between student debt and the transition to marriage and parenthood. All analyses were conducted separately by gender, given that recent studies strongly indicate that student loans disproportionately influence women's transitions into family life compared to men's. |
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Min, Stella. Pathways to Family Formation in an Era of Student Loan Debt. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, Florida State University, 2018. |