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Title: Educational and Occupational Aspirations as Determinants of Adolescent Fertility
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1. McLaughlin, Steven D.
Educational and Occupational Aspirations as Determinants of Adolescent Fertility
Final Report, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 1981
Cohort(s): Young Women
Publisher: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Educational Attainment; Family Influences; Fertility; High School Curriculum; Occupational Attainment; Sex Roles; Siblings; Teenagers; Vocational Education

Using the 14 to 24-year-old female cohort of the NLS, this report investigates the relationship between high educational and occupational aspirations and fertility. These aspirations are included in an equation along with measures of socioeconomic background, number of siblings, high school curriculum, and sex role attitudes. The equation is estimated separately within four categories of age (14/15, 16, 17, and 18) and two categories of race (white and black). Findings show that racial differences in adolescent fertility disappear for adolescents age 17 and 18 but remain among those who are younger; older white and black adolescents enrolled in a college preparatory high school curriculum are less likely to experience a birth than those enrolled in general vocational or technical curriculum; sex role attitudes and number of siblings do not affect probability of a birth for any of the age-race groups; and educational aspirations significantly affect birth probabilities only among whites age 14/15 and 17. Analyses show overall, however, that the adolescent fertility process is not profoundly influenced by aspirations.
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McLaughlin, Steven D. "Educational and Occupational Aspirations as Determinants of Adolescent Fertility." Final Report, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 1981.