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Author: Ryan, Andrea Kay
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Gender Differences in Family Formation Behavior: The Effects of Adolescent Substance Use Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 71,6 (November 2010): 938-949. Also: http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Gender_Differences_in_Family_Formation_Behavior_The_Effects_of_Adolescent_/4521.html Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Family Formation; Gender Differences; Marriage; Parenthood; Risk-Taking; Substance Use Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Objective: This study extended previous research on the association of substance use with family formation behavior by assessing the effects of the type and extent of adolescent substance use in a competing risks model. Substance use was expected to increase the likelihood of nonmarital family formation overall and differently by gender. Method: Longitudinal data from home interviews with the 14- to 16-year-old respondents to the first wave of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (N = 4,011) were used in multinomial logistic regressions estimating the odds that first cohabitation, parenthood, or remaining single occurred before first marriage among five types of substance users compared with nonusers. Full sample analysis preceded separate analyses of women (n = 1,946) and men (n = 2,065). Results: Illegal drug use and concurrent substance use increased the likelihood that cohabitation, as opposed to marriage, was the first family type. Concurrent use of three types of substances had the largest effect on family formation behavior. The effects of singular marijuana use mattered only for men. The effects of substance use on parenthood as the first family type were significant only for women and increased the likelihood that marriage occurred first. Conclusions: The effects of substance use depended on the type(s) of substance(s) used, singular or concurrent use, and gender. Previous research regarding cohabitation was supported and extended. Assumptions that substance use leads to teenage or unwed parenthood based on the relationship of substance use to pregnancy or its predictors should be re-examined. |
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Ryan, Andrea Kay. "Gender Differences in Family Formation Behavior: The Effects of Adolescent Substance Use." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 71,6 (November 2010): 938-949.
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The Lasting Effects of Marijuana Use on Educational Attainment in Midlife Substance Use and Misuse 45,4 (March 2010): 554-597. Also: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/10826080802490238 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Marcel Dekker Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Drug Use; Educational Attainment; Substance Use Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Data from the NLSY79, a U.S. nationally representative longitudinal survey of labor market behavior, sponsored and directed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, was used to assess the influence of marijuana use on educational attainment (N = 7,724). Multivariate nested OLS models assessed the associations of marijuana use in 1979, 1984, and 1998 with educational attainment in 2002. Adolescent, frequent, and persistent users experienced lower attainment at ages 37 to 45 than nonusers even when use was confined to adolescence. Implications of the findings, limitations of the study, and suggestions for future research are discussed. |
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Bibliography Citation
Ryan, Andrea Kay. "The Lasting Effects of Marijuana Use on Educational Attainment in Midlife." Substance Use and Misuse 45,4 (March 2010): 554-597.
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