Search Results
Title: Self-Esteem Enhancement Through Fertility? Socioeconomic Prospects, Gender, and Mutual Influence
Resulting in 1 citation.
| 1. |
Oates, Gary L. |
|
Self-Esteem Enhancement Through Fertility? Socioeconomic Prospects, Gender, and Mutual Influence American Sociological Review 62,6 (December 1997): 965-973. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2657350 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Fertility; Gender Differences; LISREL; Self-Esteem; Sex Roles; Siblings; Social Emotional Development; Social Influences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. I analyze data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), using a LISREL model to examine whether having children influences one's self-esteem, whether the effect of children on self-esteem is stronger among the less socioeconomically privileged and among women, and whether there is evidence of mutual influence in the relationship between having children and self-esteem. I find that the number of children does not affect self-esteem; this holds true for both women and men, and for different socioeconomic groups. There is no evidence of nonlinearity in the relationship between number of children and self-esteem. Further, self-esteem does not affect whether men or women have children. |
|
|
Bibliography Citation
Oates, Gary L. "Self-Esteem Enhancement Through Fertility? Socioeconomic Prospects, Gender, and Mutual Influence." American Sociological Review 62,6 (December 1997): 965-973.
|