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Author: Peterson, Christine E.
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1. Hosek, James R.
Antel, John J.
Peterson, Christine E.
Who Stays, Who Leaves? Attrition Among First-Term Enlistees
Armed Forces and Society 15,3 (Spring 1989): 389-409.
Also: http://afs.sagepub.com/content/15/3/389.abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces & Society
Keyword(s): Attrition; Military Enlistment; Military Service

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Since the advent of US voluntary military service, some 30% of each enlisting cohort have left before completing their first term, & attrition rates remain near this level even though over 90% of recent cohorts are high school graduates. Here, individual-level data from 1979 national surveys of enlistees & working youths & Defense Dept manpower data through 1984 are used to analyze attrition among high school graduates who enlisted in spring 1979. To control for selectivity bias, enlistment is analyzed jointly with attrition. Three variables observable at the time of enlistment are found to have a strong negative effect on attrition: positive expectations of further education, months in the Delayed Entry Program, & employment stability. No evidence of selectivity bias is found for this cohort; hence, results are applicable not only to enlistees but also to prospects. Policy implications are discussed. 1 Table, 2 Figures. Modified HA (Copyright 1990, Sociological Abstracts, Inc., all rights reserved.)
Bibliography Citation
Hosek, James R., John J. Antel and Christine E. Peterson. "Who Stays, Who Leaves? Attrition Among First-Term Enlistees." Armed Forces and Society 15,3 (Spring 1989): 389-409.
2. Hosek, James R.
Peterson, Christine E.
Enlistment Decisions of Young Men
Interim Report, The RAND Corporation, 1985
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: RAND
Keyword(s): Behavior; Educational Attainment; High School Completion/Graduates; Military Enlistment; Military Recruitment

This study analyzes factors in the enlistment decisions of two segments of the recruiting market: high school seniors, and nonstudent high school graduates. It draws on data from the 1979 Department of Defense Survey of personnel entering military service and from the 1979 wave of the NLSY. The authors base their empirical analysis on hypotheses derived from the theories of investment in human capital and career choice, and on the theory of recruiter behavior. They find that seniors and graduates differ substantially in the empirical determinants of their enlistment decisions; education of their enlistment decisions; education expectations play a major role in enlistment behavior; and a graduate's enlistment probability is much less in areas with a fairly high proportion of seniors and recent graduates, whereas a senior's enlistment probability is unaffected. [NTIS AD-A158-069-5-XAB]
Bibliography Citation
Hosek, James R. and Christine E. Peterson. "Enlistment Decisions of Young Men." Interim Report, The RAND Corporation, 1985.
3. Hosek, James R.
Peterson, Christine E.
Serving Her Country: An Analysis of Women's Enlistment
Interim Report, The RAND Corporation, 1990
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: RAND
Keyword(s): Educational Aspirations/Expectations; Gender Differences; Local Labor Market; Marriage; Military Enlistment; Women

Using data drawn from a 1979 Department of Defense survey of enlistees and the 1979 wave of the NLSY, this report examines one aspect of women's military service--the factors affecting the flow of new recruits. The analysis uses models of both individual willingness to enlist and the allocation of recruiter effort to enlist women and other groups. These models, estimated with a microdatabase containing many individual and local market variables, make it possible to circumvent the distorting effects of the overall demand constraint that has, in the past, jeopardized aggregate data analyses of women's enlistment. The authors compare the options and behavior of women with those of men. For example, they consider whether labor market forces influence young men and women differently; the ways in which marriage expectations affect the enlistment decision; whether the role of education expectations differs between the two sexes; and what impact local labor market conditions have on individual's enlistment outcome. The research suggests that there are strong similarities between men and women in the factors influencing their enlistment decisions. [NTIS AD-A221-840-2-XAB]
Bibliography Citation
Hosek, James R. and Christine E. Peterson. "Serving Her Country: An Analysis of Women's Enlistment." Interim Report, The RAND Corporation, 1990.
4. Peterson, Christine E.
Davanzo, Julie
Why are Teenagers in the United States Less Likely to Breast-Feed than Older Women?
Demography 29,3 (August 1992): 431-450.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/37623p1657412185/
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Breastfeeding; Motherhood; Mothers, Adolescent; Teenagers

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Teenage mothers are much less likely than older mothers to breastfeed their infants. The lower breastfeeding rate among teenagers aged 16-19, compared with women aged 20-29, is due almost entirely to the fact that teenage mothers tend to have characteristics associated with a lower likelihood of breastfeeding among all women, such as lower educational level, lower income, and being unmarried. Even so, nearly 40% of the difference between teenage mothers aged 15 or less and mothers aged 20-29 remains unexplained by these factors and may be due to developmental aspects of adolescence, such as greater egocentricity and greater concern about body image.
Bibliography Citation
Peterson, Christine E. and Julie Davanzo. "Why are Teenagers in the United States Less Likely to Breast-Feed than Older Women?" Demography 29,3 (August 1992): 431-450.