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Author: Lloyd, Kim Marie
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1. Lloyd, Kim Marie
Contextual Influences on Adolescent Men's Initiation of Sexual Activity and Transition to Fatherhood
Presented: Chicago, IL, Population Association of America Meetings, April 1998
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Black Youth; Census of Population; Ethnic Differences; Event History; Fatherhood; Hispanic Youth; Hispanics; Marriage; Racial Differences; Sexual Activity; Social Environment; Social Influences

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This paper examines the social context in which young males make decisions to become sexually active. Once sexually active, I further explore how the social environment either impedes or facilitates fatherhood among young men. Special attention is given to how contextual variables differentially affect familial and sexual decisions among nonhispanic white, African American, and Latino subpopulations. To this end, I merge microlevel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth with aggregate Public Use Microdata from the U.S. Census. This allows an examination of the impact of marriage market characteristics and other contextual variables on the transition to first sexual experience and risk of fatherhood, net of traditional individual-level predictors. Discrete-time event history models reveal significant racial and ethnic differences in the timing of first intercourse and likelihood of subsequent parenthood. Implications regarding the contextual impact on both phenomenon are discussed in detail.
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Lloyd, Kim Marie. "Contextual Influences on Adolescent Men's Initiation of Sexual Activity and Transition to Fatherhood." Presented: Chicago, IL, Population Association of America Meetings, April 1998.
2. Lloyd, Kim Marie
Contextual Influences on Sexual Initiation and Family Formation Throughout the Life Course of Young Latino/Latina Americans
Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York at Albany, 2000
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Ethnic Studies; Event History; Family History; Family Studies; Hispanic Studies; Hispanic Youth; Life Course; Marriage; Modeling; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration; Motherhood; Racial Studies; Sex Roles; Simultaneity

Sexual initiation, premarital motherhood, and first marriage are examined among a nationally representative cohort of Hispanic men and women. Competing theories of union formation are evaluated by merging 1980 and 1990 census data with the individual sexual and familial histories of respondents in the 1979 through 1990 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Separate person-year data sets are constructed for each of the three outcome variables and independent equations are estimated for Latinos and Latinas. Event-history models focus on the intersection of race and ethnicity within Hispanic marriage markets by employing six separate race-ethnicity-specific sex ratio measures (and other indicators of partner quality) to empirically distinguish the most appropriate operationalization of Hispanics' field of potential partners. Discrete-time proportional hazards models are then estimated to determine the impact of local marriage market characteristics on each dependent variable, while simultaneously holding constant conventional individual-level predictors. Finally, models generated for Latinos and Latinas are compared to similar equations for Anglo and African American men and women to ascertain how the Hispanic American experience approximates the experience of other major U.S. subpopulations. Analyses reveal that a shortage of prospective partners in the local marriage market impedes Hispanics' coital initiation, while facilitating Latinas' probability of experiencing premarital motherhood. Additionally, the sex ratio exerts a positive influence on both Latinos' and Latinas' first marriage transitions. The racial and ethnic boundaries of Hispanic marriage markets vary depending on the type of sexual or familial transition being examined. Generally speaking, the parameters of Hispanic marriage markets become more racially and ethnically endogamous as the life course transition in question becomes increasingly permanent and legally binding. The implications of these findings for future research on the sexual and familial transitions of U.S. Hispanics are also discussed.
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Lloyd, Kim Marie. Contextual Influences on Sexual Initiation and Family Formation Throughout the Life Course of Young Latino/Latina Americans. Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York at Albany, 2000.
3. Lloyd, Kim Marie
Contextual Influences on the Transition to Cohabitation Throughout the Young Adult Years: Differences by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
Presented: Chicago, IL, Population Association of America Meetings, April 1998
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Coresidence; Ethnic Differences; Event History; Gender Differences; Life Course; Marriage; Racial Differences

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The use of cohabitation as either a prelude to marriage or a substitute for establishing a legal union has increased dramatically among recent cohorts of young adults. Cohabitation is becoming a normative, albeit, not fully understood, stage in the life course with important implications for other familial events. It is suprising, therefore, that research is lacking on the contextual environment that facilitates or impedes the creation of coresidential unions. The present analysis begins to address these issues by investigating the social context in which young people make decisions to cohabit. Competing theories of traditional union formation are evaluated by merging several contextual variables with respondent histories avaialble (sic) in the NLSY. Preliminary analysis of discrete-time event history models reveal that, net of cenventional (sic) individual-level predictors, socioeconomic and mate availability measures play a significant role in coresidential union formation. Racial/gender differences and the implications of applying current marriage market theories to cohabitational relationships are explored.
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Lloyd, Kim Marie. "Contextual Influences on the Transition to Cohabitation Throughout the Young Adult Years: Differences by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity." Presented: Chicago, IL, Population Association of America Meetings, April 1998.
4. Lloyd, Kim Marie
Latinas' Transition to First Marriage: An Examination of Four Theoretical Perspectives
Journal of Marriage and Family 68,4 (November 2006): 993-1014.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00309.x/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: National Council on Family Relations
Keyword(s): Census of Population; Ethnic Differences; Event History; Hispanic Studies; Human Capital; Marriage

National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and census data are used to examine the effect of both individual- and contextual-level determinants on Latinas' transition to first marriage (n = 745). Hypotheses derived from 4 leading theories of marriage timing are evaluated. Discrete-time event-history models that control for clustering within Labor Market Areas suggest that foreign-born Latina and Anglo women have virtually identical marriage trajectories. Analyses further demonstrate that Latinas' individual human capital, and residence in areas characterized by a relatively large supply of single foreign-born Latino men, are associated with higher probabilities of marriage, whereas women's aggregate economic opportunities are correlated with the predicted postponement of first marriage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Lloyd, Kim Marie. "Latinas' Transition to First Marriage: An Examination of Four Theoretical Perspectives." Journal of Marriage and Family 68,4 (November 2006): 993-1014.
5. Lloyd, Kim Marie
South, Scott J.
Contextual Influences on Young Men's Transition to First Marriage
Working Paper, Albany, NY: Department of Sociology, State University of New York - Albany, June 1994
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Department of Sociology, State University of New York - Albany
Keyword(s): Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Earnings; Event History; Home Ownership; Marriage; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Factors

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While recent theories of woman's marital entry have emphasized the influence of local marriage market characteristics, few studies have examined the effects of these and other contextual variables on men's transition to marriage. The present analysis begins to fill this gap in the literature by investigating the social context in which men make marital decisions. Competing theories of marriage formation are evaluated by merging several contextual variables, primarily marriage market characteristics from the 1980 Census, with men's marital histories available in the 1979 through 1984 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Discrete-time event history models reveal that, net of conventional individual-level predictors, a shortage of prospective partners in the local marriage market impedes white men's transition to first marriage. Women's aggregate economic independence, measured in terms of the proportion of females in the local marriage market who are employed andthe size of average AFDC payments, also diminish men's marriage propensities. Although annual earnings and home ownership facilitate men's marital transitions, racial differences in socioeconomic and marriage market characteristics account for relatively little of the substantial racial difference in marriage.
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Lloyd, Kim Marie and Scott J. South. "Contextual Influences on Young Men's Transition to First Marriage." Working Paper, Albany, NY: Department of Sociology, State University of New York - Albany, June 1994.
6. Lloyd, Kim Marie
South, Scott J.
Contextual Influences on Young Men's Transition to First Marriage
Social Forces 74,3 (March 1996): 1097-1119.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2580394
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Keyword(s): Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Economics of Gender; Event History; Marriage; Modeling; Racial Differences

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Competing theories of marriage formation are evaluated by merging several contextual variables, primarily marriage market characteristics from the 1980 census, with men's marital histories observed between 1979 and 1984 in the National Longitudinal Surrey of Youth. Discrete-time event history models reveal that, net of conventional individual level predictors. A shortage of prospective partners in the local marriage market impedes white men's transition to first marriage. Women's aggregate economic independence, measured in terms of the proportion of females in the local marriage market who are employed and in terms of the size of average AFDC payments, also diminishes men's marriage propensities. Although earnings and home ownership facilitate men's marital transitions, racial differences in socioeconomic and marriage market characteristics account for relatively little of the substantial racial difference in marriage rates.
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Lloyd, Kim Marie and Scott J. South. "Contextual Influences on Young Men's Transition to First Marriage." Social Forces 74,3 (March 1996): 1097-1119.
7. Lloyd, Kim Marie
South, Scott J.
Spousal Alternatives and Marital Dissolution
Presented: Miami, FL, Population Association of America Meetings, May 1994
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Census of Population; Divorce; Geocoded Data; Hispanics; Marital Disruption; Marital Dissolution; Marital Stability; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration; National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH); Racial Differences; Remarriage

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We draw on three different data sources to explore the effects of the quantity and quality of potential remarriage partners available in the local marriage market on the risk of marital dissolution. First, data from the National Survey of Families and Households are used to demonstrate that, among recently-divorced couples, a substantial percentage of husbands and wives had been romantically involved with someone prior to divorcing. Then, microlevel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth are merged with aggregated Public Use Microdata from the U.S. census to examine directly the impact of marriage market characteristics and other contextual variables on the risk of disruption, net of conventional, individual-level predictors of divorce. Proportional hazards regression models reveal that, among non Hispanic whites, the risk of dissolution is highest where either wives or husbands encounter abundant alternatives to their current spouse. The labor forces participatio n rate of unmarried women and the rate of geographic mobility in the local marriage market also decrease marital stability. In general, the results suggest that many persons continue the marital search even while married, and that the distribution of spousal alternatives embedded in the social structure influences significantly the risk of marital dissolution.
Bibliography Citation
Lloyd, Kim Marie and Scott J. South. "Spousal Alternatives and Marital Dissolution." Presented: Miami, FL, Population Association of America Meetings, May 1994.
8. South, Scott J.
Lloyd, Kim Marie
Spousal Alternatives and Marital Dissolution
American Sociological Review 60,1 (February 1995): 21-35.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2096343
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: American Sociological Association
Keyword(s): Census of Population; Divorce; Family Structure; Geocoded Data; Geographical Variation; Labor Force Participation; Marital Disruption; Marital Dissolution; Mobility; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration; National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH); Sociability/Socialization/Social Interaction

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Data from the National Survey of Families and Households demonstrate that a substantial percentage of recently divorced men and women had been romantically involved with someone other than their spouse before divorce. Merging microlevel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth with aggregated Public Use Microdata from the 1980 US Census, the authors examine the impact of marriage market characteristics and other variables on the non-Hispanic Whites, the risk is highest where there is an abundance of spousal alternatives, increased labor force participation among unmarried women, and high geographic mobility rates in the local area. Results suggest that many persons remain open to alternative relationships even while married. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1995 American Psychological Association, all rights reserved)
Bibliography Citation
South, Scott J. and Kim Marie Lloyd. "Spousal Alternatives and Marital Dissolution." American Sociological Review 60,1 (February 1995): 21-35.