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Author: Thomeer, Mieke
Resulting in 4 citations.
1. Thomeer, Mieke
Reczek, Corinne
Coresidential Patterns by Parents' and Children's Health
Presented: Denver CO, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2018
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Coresidence; Health, Mental/Psychological; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration; Residence, Return to Parental Home/Delayed Homeleaving

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Rates of coresidence between young adults and their parents have increased in recent years. Past studies have considered predictors of coresidence, including economic characteristics, demographic characteristics, and parental characteristics. Yet few studies consider the role of health, and specifically the interplay of parents' and adult children's health. In this study, we analyze the NLSY79-YA and NLSY79 (N=3,516) with hazard models to examine how the health of adult children, their mothers, and their fathers shapes risk of exiting parents' household as well as the risk of "boomeranging" back into the parental home. Results indicate that health outcomes operate in different ways; mothers' and children's worse mental health increase the risk of a child moving out, but mothers' health limitations decrease risk of moving out. Further, health operates differently for re-entry compared to exit-- for example, children's health is associated with risk of moving out but not risk of reentering parents' home.
Bibliography Citation
Thomeer, Mieke and Corinne Reczek. "Coresidential Patterns by Parents' and Children's Health." Presented: Denver CO, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2018.
2. Thomeer, Mieke
Ross, Clifford
Reczek, Rin
Bijou, Christina
Sequencing of Planned and Unplanned Births and Implications for Mid- and Later-Life Health among NLSY79 Women
Innovation in Aging 6,S1 (November 2022): 316-317.
Also: https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.1252
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Keyword(s): Birth Preferences/Birth Expectations; Health, Mental/Psychological; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale

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

In order to provide a more holistic understanding of how birthing experiences births are associated with midlife health, we use Sequence Analysis (SA) on the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79; N=3,992) to examine how patterning of planned and unplanned births is associated with physical and mental health at ages 50 and 60 (SF-12). Preliminary analysis indicates that compared to respondents with only planned births, respondents with unplanned birth(s) followed by planned birth(s) have worse physical and mental health at midlife, but there is no difference in health for respondents with only planned births, only unplanned births, and planned birth(s) followed by unplanned birth(s). Future analysis with SA will consider how more detailed sequences (e.g., timing, number and type, ordering, spacing) are associated with these mid- and later-life health outcomes, taking into account selection factors such as childhood SES and educational attainment. This project demonstrates the need for life course perspectives on the long-term health implications of unplanned births, recognizing diversity within and between individuals.
Bibliography Citation
Thomeer, Mieke, Clifford Ross, Rin Reczek and Christina Bijou. "Sequencing of Planned and Unplanned Births and Implications for Mid- and Later-Life Health among NLSY79 Women." Innovation in Aging 6,S1 (November 2022): 316-317.
3. Wolfe, Joseph D.
Thomeer, Mieke
Marital and Racial Disparities in Economic Resources and Survival Among Older Women
Presented: Austin TX, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2019
Cohort(s): Mature Women
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Home Ownership; Marital Status; Mortality; Racial Differences

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Married White women generally live longer than their divorced counterparts, but studies show little to no difference in married and divorced Black women's mortality risk. Many potential explanations for these patterns are related to the distribution of economic resources related to marital status and race. Nevertheless, research in this area has yet to consider the components of income and wealth. This study examines recently updated mortality information and economic records for women from the NLS-MW (N=4,687), a cohort that came into adulthood during a period of low divorce rates but profound gender- and race-based stratification. Results provide evidence that the low mortality risk of married White women is linked to their ownership of more valuable homes than Black women and divorced and never-married White women. Our findings suggest that interventions aimed at reducing health disparities must first address the social causes of housing and other wealth-based inequali
Bibliography Citation
Wolfe, Joseph D. and Mieke Thomeer. "Marital and Racial Disparities in Economic Resources and Survival Among Older Women." Presented: Austin TX, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2019.
4. Wolfe, Joseph D.
Thomeer, Mieke
Reczek, Rin
Age at First Birth and Women's Midlife Health: Cohort and Race Differences Across the 20th Century
Social Science & Medicine Volume 331 (August 2023).
Also: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116097
Cohort(s): Mature Women, NLSY79
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Childbearing; Childbearing, Adolescent; Education; Education, Adult; Life Course; Midlife Health; Mothers; Mothers, Health; Racial Differences; Racial Studies; Socioeconomic Background; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Women; Womens Health

We test whether the negative association between socially “early” childbearing and poor health in later adulthood, well-established in prior research, differs across distinct historical contexts in the U.S. We further examine whether socioeconomic status explains this shift in the impact of childbearing timing and poor health and whether there are additional differences across racial groups. To address these questions, we pooled data from two nationally representative longitudinal surveys: the National Longitudinal Surveys’ Mature Women (born 1922–1937) and Youth 1979 (born 1957–1964). Together, these NLS cohorts include women who entered adolescence before and after the major economic, political, and demographic changes in the latter half of the twentieth century that gave women access to socioeconomic structures previously limited to White men. These data thus provide a unique opportunity to test cohort and racial differences. Overall, findings suggest that the negative association of young childbearing, which included adolescent childbearing and childbearing in early 20s, with midlife health grew across the two cohorts, with this largely explained by differences in adult educational attainment. This cohort shift appeared especially large for White women compared to Black women. This study highlights the importance of sociopolitical context in shaping the health consequences of major life events like childbearing.
Bibliography Citation
Wolfe, Joseph D., Mieke Thomeer and Rin Reczek. "Age at First Birth and Women's Midlife Health: Cohort and Race Differences Across the 20th Century." Social Science & Medicine Volume 331 (August 2023).