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Self-Esteem and Educational Aspirations as Antecedents of Adolescent Unmarried Motherhood Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 1988 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Abortion; Adolescent Fertility; Childbearing; Educational Aspirations/Expectations; Fertility; Mothers, Adolescent; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Racial Differences; Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) (see Self-Esteem); Self-Esteem; Teenagers Unlike previous research which relies upon data collected during or after an unmarried teen's pregnancy to inappropriately draw conclusions about antecedent conditions of the pregnancy, this study utilized prospective, longitudinal data from an existing database to determine the roles of self-esteem and educational aspirations in the onset of unmarried teen motherhood, abortion, and pregnancy prevention. Subjects included 390 females from the NLSY who were between the ages of 14 and 19 in 1979, 180 of whom carried their first pregnancy to term and kept the baby, 180 of whom did not incur a first pregnancy either before or during the study, and 30 of whom aborted their first pregnancy. During the 1979 survey, subjects were asked about their educational aspirations, and in the 1980 survey, were assessed using the Rosenberg Scale of Self-Esteem. Extensive fertility information obtained in 1982 allowed for childbearing classification. Stepwise the hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted for the entire sample and for three racial-ethnic groups: Blacks, Non-Latino Whites, and Mexican-Americans. Results yielded important implications for improving social policy and pregnancy prevention programs. |
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Strocchia-Rivera, Lenore. Self-Esteem and Educational Aspirations as Antecedents of Adolescent Unmarried Motherhood. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 1988. |