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Author: Bennett, Ian M.

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1.	Bennett, Ian M. Mykyta, Laryssa Elo, Irma T.
1.	Does Literacy Predict Self-Rated Health and Chronic Illness in Midlife? Presented: Dallas, TX, Population Association of America Meetings, April 2010 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Educational Attainment; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Illnesses; Life Course; Literacy; Mortality Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper contributes to the literature on literacy and health across the life course. Literacy is associated with a range of poor health-related outcomes, including mortality among older adults in the United States. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) 1979, we examine whether literacy assessed at ages 16-24 is independently associated with poor/fair self-rated health status and chronic conditions at midlife. Results from logistic regression analyses reveal that respondents with low literacy (<7th Reading Grade Level (RGL)) had significantly higher odds of reporting fair/poor self-rated health compared to those with high literacy (>=12th grade RGL) even after controlling for socio-demographic variables, including educational attainment. Although low literacy also exhibited significant bivariate association with chronic illness, neither literacy nor educational attainment retained a significant association with chronic disease in the fully adjusted model. Together these results indicate that literacy contributes to the risk of poor/fair self-rated health status in mid-life independent of educational attainment and poverty history. The lack of association between chronic illness and literacy may be a result of the age of the sample for whom cardiovascular health is not yet a major factor.
	Bibliography Citation Bennett, Ian M., Laryssa Mykyta and Irma T. Elo. "Does Literacy Predict Self-Rated Health and Chronic Illness in Midlife?" Presented: Dallas, TX, Population Association of America Meetings, April 2010.

2.	Seymour, Jane Frasso, Rosemary Shofer, Frances Bennett, Ian M.
2.	Cohort Study of Early Literacy and Childbearing over the Reproductive Lifecourse BMJ Open 6,12 (December 2016):. Also: http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/12/e013522 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group, Ltd. - British Medical Journal Publishing Group Keyword(s): Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Childbearing; Cognitive Ability; Fertility; Life Course; Literacy Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Introduction: Literacy is linked to a range of health outcomes, but its association with reproductive health in high-income countries is not well understood. We assessed the relationship between early-life literacy and childbearing across the reproductive lifecourse in the USA. Study design: A prospective cohort design was employed to assess early-life literacy and subsequent childbearing, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. The US youth aged 14-22 years in 1979, including 6283 women, were surveyed annually through 1994 and biannually thereafter. Literacy was assessed in 1980 using the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Reading Grade Level (RGL). Cumulative childbearing and grand multiparity (≥5 births) were assessed in 2010.
	Bibliography Citation Seymour, Jane, Rosemary Frasso, Frances Shofer and Ian M. Bennett. "Cohort Study of Early Literacy and Childbearing over the Reproductive Lifecourse." BMJ Open 6,12 (December 2016):.

3.	Seymour, Jane Shofer, Frances Frasso, Rosemary Bennett, Ian M.
3.	Literacy and Fertility: Lifecourse Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) Presented: New Orleans LA, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, November 2014 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Public Health Association Keyword(s): Age at Birth; Age at First Birth; Fertility; Life Course; Literacy Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Cohort data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) were assessed to understand the relationship between literacy and fertility. NLSY participants, US youth aged 14-22 in 1979, were surveyed annually through 1994 and biannually thereafter. Literacy was assessed in 1980 and converted to Department of Defense Reading Grade Level (RGL) for this study. In 2010, fertility outcomes were assessed, including total parity, grand multiparity, and age at first and last birth. Chi-square and multiple and logistic regression were used to understand these relationships.
	Bibliography Citation Seymour, Jane, Frances Shofer, Rosemary Frasso and Ian M. Bennett. "Literacy and Fertility: Lifecourse Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY)." Presented: New Orleans LA, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, November 2014.

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