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Author: Thomeer, Mieke Beth
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Reczek, Rin Stacey, Lawrence Thomeer, Mieke Beth |
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Parent-Adult Child Estrangement in the United States by Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Sexuality Journal of Marriage and Family published online (1 December 2022): DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12898. Also: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12898 Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online Keyword(s): Gender; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Racial Differences; Sexual Identity Objective: To provide nationally representative estimates of parent-adult child estrangement. Background: Population-level research on parent-adult child estrangement is needed to understand the full range of family dynamics in the U.S. Methods: We estimate logistic regression models using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 and accompanying Child and Young Adult supplement to determine estimates of estrangement (and subsequent unestrangement) from mothers (N = 8495) and fathers (N = 8119) by children's gender, race/ethnicity, and sexuality. We then estimate hazards of first estrangement from mothers (N = 7919) and fathers (N = 6410), adjusting for adult child's and parents' social and economic characteristics. Results: Six percent of respondents report a period of estrangement from mothers, with an average age of first maternal estrangement of 26 years old; 26% of respondents report estrangement from fathers, with an average age of first paternal estrangement of 23 years old. Results further show heterogeneity by gender, race/ethnicity, and sexuality; for example, daughters are less likely to be estranged from their mothers than are sons, Black adult children are less likely than White adult children to be estranged from their mothers but more likely to be estranged from fathers, and gay, lesbian, and bisexual adult children are more likely than heterosexuals to be estranged from fathers. The majority of estranged adult children become unestranged from mothers (81%) and fathers (69%) in subsequent waves. |
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Reczek, Rin, Lawrence Stacey and Mieke Beth Thomeer. "Parent-Adult Child Estrangement in the United States by Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Sexuality." Journal of Marriage and Family published online (1 December 2022): DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12898.
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Thomeer, Mieke Beth Reczek, Corinne |
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Intergenerational Coresidential Patterns by Young Adult's and Their Mother's Mental Health and Substance Use Journal of Family Issues 41,9 (September 2020): 1498-1524. Also: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0192513X19894348 Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Coresidence; Depression (see also CESD); Residence, Return to Parental Home/Delayed Homeleaving; Smoking (see Cigarette Use) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Intergenerational coresidence is at a 30-year high. Studies find that economic, familial, and demographic factors shape the likelihood of this arrangement. We use NLSY79 and NLSY79YA data (2000-2014; N = 3,092) to examine how the mental health and substance use of both adult children and their mothers matter for coresidential biographies, estimating risks of moving out of and returning to their mothers' households. Adult children who drink, smoke, or have more depressive symptoms, or whose mothers drink or smoke, are more likely to leave their mother's household; adult children with more depressive symptoms and who smoke are more likely to return. Our findings show that children's and mothers' health are key determinants of coresidential patterns, suggesting that it is not just family arrangements that impact health but health that impacts family arrangements. As intergenerational coresidence increases, researchers should continue to look beyond economic, familial, and demographic determinants of coresidence to health dynamics. |
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Thomeer, Mieke Beth and Corinne Reczek. "Intergenerational Coresidential Patterns by Young Adult's and Their Mother's Mental Health and Substance Use." Journal of Family Issues 41,9 (September 2020): 1498-1524.
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Thomeer, Mieke Beth Reczek, Rin Ross, Clifford |
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Childbearing Biographies and Midlife Women's Health Journal of Aging and Health published online (3 February 2022): DOI: 10.1177/08982643211070136. Also: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08982643211070136 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Age at First Birth; Births, Repeat / Spacing; Childbearing; Family Size; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Modeling, Latent Class Analysis/Latent Transition Analysis; Socioeconomic Status (SES) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Objectives: We introduce a "childbearing biography" approach to show how multiple childbearing characteristics cluster in ways significant for midlife health. Methods: We analyze the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79; N = 3992) using mixed-mode Latent Class Analysis with eight childbearing variables (e.g., age at first birth, parity, birth spacing, and mistimed births) to identify how childbearing biographies are associated with midlife health, adjusting for key covariates--including socioeconomic status (SES) and relationship history. Results: We identify six childbearing biographies: (1) early compressed, (2) staggered, (3) extended high parity, (4) later, (5) married planned, and (6) childfree. Childbearing biographies are strongly associated with physical health but not mental health, with differences primarily explained by SES. |
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Thomeer, Mieke Beth, Rin Reczek and Clifford Ross. "Childbearing Biographies and Midlife Women's Health." Journal of Aging and Health published online (3 February 2022): DOI: 10.1177/08982643211070136.
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Thomeer, Mieke Beth Reczek, Rin Stacey, Lawrence |
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Childbearing Biographies as a Method to Examine Diversity and Clustering of Childbearing Experiences: A Research Brief Population Research and Policy Review published online (18 January 2022): DOI: 10.1007/s11113-022-09699-2. Also: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11113-022-09699-2 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Age at First Birth; Childbearing; Childbearing, Premarital/Nonmarital; Family Size; Heterogeneity; Marital Status Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Due to increasing heterogeneity in if, when, and under what conditions women have children, the timing, spacing, and other demographic aspects of childbearing have drastically changed in the US over the past century. Existing science tends to examine demographic aspects of childbearing separately, creating an incomplete understanding of how childbearing patterns are distributed at the population level. In this research brief, we develop the concept of childbearing biographies to emphasize that multiple childbearing characteristics cluster together. We analyze nationally representative US data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79; N = 4052). Using eight childbearing variables (e.g., age at first birth, number of children, whether unmarried at any birth), we use Mixed-Mode Latent Class Analysis (MM-LCA) and identify five classes, or childbearing biographies: (1) early compressed childbearing, (2) staggered childbearing, (3) extended high-parity childbearing, (4) later childbearing, and (5) married planned childbearing. A childbearing biography approach highlights the increasingly heterogeneous contexts of parenthood today, showing how women with similar characteristics around one aspect of childbearing (e.g., early age at first birth) can also be highly divergent from each other when taking into consideration other childbearing characteristics. In showing this complexity, we highlight that a childbearing biography approach has the potential to shed new light on widening inequality among contemporary midlife women, with implications for aging and population health and well-being. |
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Thomeer, Mieke Beth, Rin Reczek and Lawrence Stacey. "Childbearing Biographies as a Method to Examine Diversity and Clustering of Childbearing Experiences: A Research Brief." Population Research and Policy Review published online (18 January 2022): DOI: 10.1007/s11113-022-09699-2.
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Wolfe, Joseph D. Thomeer, Mieke Beth |
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Divorce, Economic Resources, and Survival among Older Black and White Women Journal of Marriage and Family 83,1 (February 2021): 173-190. Also: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12702 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online Keyword(s): Divorce; Economic Well-Being; Home Ownership; Mortality; Net Worth; Racial Differences Objective: This study identifies which midlife economic resources reduce the association between divorce and mortality risk among older Black and White women. Method: Fractional logistic regression and Gompertz proportional hazards models were estimated with data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women (N = 4,668; nlsinfo.org) to examine the associations between divorce, economic resources, and mortality among older Black and White women (born 1923-1937). Results: Divorced White women had significantly less housing and financial wealth than their continuously married counterparts, and both Black and White divorcees had less vehicle wealth and higher probabilities of indebtedness. With respect to survival, net worth and housing wealth accounted for the largest reductions in marital and racial differences in survival. |
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Wolfe, Joseph D. and Mieke Beth Thomeer. "Divorce, Economic Resources, and Survival among Older Black and White Women." Journal of Marriage and Family 83,1 (February 2021): 173-190.
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