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Author: Shofer, Frances
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1. Seymour, Jane
Frasso, Rosemary
Shofer, Frances
Bennett, Ian M.
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):.
2. Seymour, Jane
Shofer, Frances
Frasso, Rosemary
Bennett, Ian M.
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.