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Title: Rising Nonmarital First Childbearing among College-educated Women: Evidence from three National Studies
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Cherlin, Andrew J. |
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Rising Nonmarital First Childbearing among College-educated Women: Evidence from three National Studies Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 118,37 (14 September 2021): DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2109016118. Also: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/37/e2109016118 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: National Academy of Sciences (NAS), United States Keyword(s): Childbearing, Premarital/Nonmarital; College Education; Family Formation; First Birth; Marital Status; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (AddHealth); National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Until recently, one key way in which family formation in the United States was distinctive among college-educated young adults was their tendency to wait until after marriage to have a first birth. Even as nonmarital first childbearing became common among less-educated adults, levels among the college-educated remained very low. These levels now appear to be rising, according to data from three national surveys. The data suggest a change in the role of marriage in family formation among the college-educated population, although not necessarily a decline. Rather, the place of marriage in the sequence of life events that compose emerging adulthood may be shifting among college graduates: for a growing share, marriage may occur after a first birth rather than before. |
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Cherlin, Andrew J. "Rising Nonmarital First Childbearing among College-educated Women: Evidence from three National Studies." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 118,37 (14 September 2021): DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2109016118.
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