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Title: Racial Differences in Women's Pathways to Adulthood
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1. Lee, Yoonjoo
Hofferth, Sandra L.
Racial Differences in Women's Pathways to Adulthood
Presented: Washington DC, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March-April 2016
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Racial Differences; Transition, Adulthood

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Transition to adulthood has been de-standardized and individualized since the 1970s. Research suggests that young adults’ transition to adulthood takes longer today than in the past but a noticeable subgroup experience rapid transitions to adulthood. To better understand young adults’ movement into adulthood, we focus on the variation in the life course patterns based on racial differences. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (N=464), we will follow Black females and White females from age 18 to age 30 to identify their transition to adulthood and examine its racial differences. Given that such transitions are influenced by childhood and adolescent precursors, we will also investigate the set of advantages or disadvantages earlier in life that influence young adults’ transition to adulthood.
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Lee, Yoonjoo and Sandra L. Hofferth. "Racial Differences in Women's Pathways to Adulthood." Presented: Washington DC, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March-April 2016.