MARSIGLIO, WILLIAM
Adolescent Fathers in the United States: Their Initial Living Arrangements, Marital Experience and Educational Outcomes
Family Planning Perspectives 19,6 (November-December 1987): 240-251
Cohort(s): NLSY79
ID Number: 1461
Publisher: Alan Guttmacher Institute

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Data from the NLSY show that seven percent of young males who were aged 20-27 in 1984 had fathered a child while they were teenagers, more than three-quarters of them nonmaritally. One-third of them married within 12 months of conception, and half of all of the young men lived with their child shortly after the child's birth. Overall, young black men were more likely to have been responsible for a nonmarital first birth than were males of other racial backgrounds, and only 15 percent of black teenagers lived with their first child. Multivariate analyses indicate that only black or Hispanic youths and those who fathered a child at age 16 or younger were significantly less likely to have lived with their first child; those who were raised Catholic were more likely to have done so. Teenage fathers, regardless of their marital status at conception or age at first birth, were much more likely to have been high school dropouts than were other male teenagers. Those with a maritally c onceived child had a particularly high drop-out rate - almost 62 percent. A multivariate analysis revealed that a teenage father's living with his child shortly after birth was not significantly related to his completion of high school, while being black was positively associated. The racial difference may mean that norms or social and familial supports are more influential for young black males in minimizing the possible deleterious effects of teenage fatherhood on schooling.

MARSIGLIO, WILLIAM
Male Teenage Fertility: An Analysis of Fatherhood Commitment and its Association with Educational Outcomes and Aspirations
Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1987
Cohort(s): NLSY79
ID Number: 1462
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning

My research, based on NLSY data and my survey of high school youth in Columbus, Ohio, focuses on male adolescent fertility, teenage fathers' propensity to live with their nonmaritally conceived first child, and young males' hypothetical intentions to do the same in the event that they and their girlfriend were responsible for an unplanned pregnancy. I explore the association between living arrangement variables and young fathers' educational outcomes, schooling intentions, and their expectations for their partners' schooling. I also test Ajzen and Fishbein's social psychological model of reasoned action. I argue that this kind of research is timely since we need to incorporate young males more fully into our conceptualization of adolescent fertility and fatherhood if we wish to develop more viable policies and programs. NLSY data indicate 5.5 percent of males 20-27 years of age in 1984 were teenagers when they fathered a nonmaritally conceived first child, that almost 80 percent of teenage fathers had their child when they were 18 or 19 years old, and that black teens were more likely to father children, and to do so outside of marriage and at younger ages, than their white or Hispanic counterparts. While several background variables were associated with an above average probability of living with a child initially for whites in a multivariate context, none of the measured background variables were significant predictors of living arrangement status among blacks. These data do not suggest that living with a child is directly related to adverse educational consequences. Teenage fathers whose first child was maritally conceived had the poorest high school completion patterns of all males. About half of young males in the high school sample, both whites and blacks, indicated that they would be "quite likely" or "extremely likely" to live with their partner and child. The attitudinal and subjective norm components of Ajzen and Fishbein's model accounted for 32 percent of the variance in the intention variable and the attitudinal component was the more powerful predictor in all models. [UMI ADG87-10026]

MARSIGLIO, WILLIAM
Teenage Fatherhood: High School Accreditation and Educational Attainment
In: Adolescent Fathers. A. Elster and M. Lamb, eds., Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1986
Cohort(s): NLSY79
ID Number: 1463
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

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MARSIGLIO, WILLIAM
MOTT, FRANK L.
Does Wanting to Become Pregnant with a First Child Affect Subsequent Maternal Behaviors and Infant Birth Weight?
Journal of Marriage and the Family 50,4 (November 1988): 1023-1036
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
ID Number: 1464
Publisher: National Council on Family Relations

Using data from the NLSY, the authors examined the relationship between whether or not women wanted to become pregnant with their first child, and their subsequent maternal behaviors and infant\'s birth weight. Fifty-five percent of the sample wanted to become pregnant when they did. Being a black or younger mother was associated with below average levels of pregnancy wantedness, while living in an urban area was positively associated with wantedness. In addition, it was found that while wantedness was related to most of the maternal behaviors in a bivariate context, age at childbearing and race tended to be responsible for these relationships. In a multivariate context, women who wanted their pregnancy were more likely to initiate prenatal care early in their pregnancy and more likely to gain 50 or more pounds during pregnancy. However, wantedness was not a significant predictor of: alcohol or smoking behavior, low weight gain by the mother during pregnancy, her infant\'s birth weight, whether she ever breastfed, or whether she took her infant for wellcare soon after birth.

MARSIGLIO, WILLIAM
MOTT, FRANK L.
Does Wanting to Become Pregnant with a First Child Affect Consequent Maternal Behaviors and Infant Birth Weight?
Working Paper (Revised July 1992). Columbus: The Ohio State University, Center for Human Resource Research
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
ID Number: 4105
Publisher: Center for Human Resource Research

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MARSIGLIO, WILLIAM
MOTT, FRANK L.
Impact of Sex Education on Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Premarital Pregnancy Among American Teenagers
Family Planning Perspectives 18,4 (July-August 1986): 151-162
Cohort(s): NLSY79
ID Number: 1465
Publisher: Alan Guttmacher Institute

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This study examined data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience of Youth, a U.S. panel survey of 6,288 women and 6,398 men who have been interviewed each year since 1979 when they were 14-22 years old. The principal objectives of this research were to document the proportion of a recent cohort of teenagers who had taken a sex education course and the extent to which they were exposed to five types of course instruction, and to examine systematically the relationship between exposure to a sex education course and sex-related behaviors of young women. The findings indicated that the majority of young people (66 percent of women and 79 percent of men) had become sexually active by age 19. A notable finding was that a sizeable proportion of youth had sexual intercourse for the first time without having taken a sex education course. Among those teens who became sexually active by age 19, only 53 percent of women and 35 percent of men had taken a sex educ ation course before they first had intercourse. Analyses revealed, after controlling for a series of sociodemographic factors, that 15- to 16-year-old girls who were virgins and who had taken a sex education course were slightly more likely to initiate sexual activity within the year after their course than those who had not taken a course; no relationship was found between course taking and sexual activity for 17- and 18-year-old women. Young women who had previously taken a sex education course were significantly more likely to use effective contraceptives than were teenagers who had never had a course. However, course taking did not affect young women's probability of experiencing a nonmarital pregnancy before age 20 in a multivariate context.

MOTT, FRANK L.
BAKER, PAULA C.
HAURIN, R. JEAN
MARSIGLIO, WILLIAM
Fertility Related Data in the 1982 National Longitudinal Survey of Work Experience of Youth: An Evaluation of Data Quality and Preliminary Analytical Results
Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1983
Cohort(s): NLSY79
ID Number: 1679
Publisher: Center for Human Resource Research

This report evaluates the quality of the fertility-related data in the 1982 round of the NLSY and summarizes highlights of findings from these fertility data. The evaluation indicates that the overall quality of the female live birth information is equivalent to that of the Current Population Survey, that the abortion data is significantly under-reported, and that the other fertility-related information appears equivalent in quality to that of other available data. The quality of the male birth records are inferior to those of the female respondents and should be used with greater care by fertility researchers using this data set. The report specifies the potential magnitude of reporting errors, how these potential error levels are related to characteristics of the respondents, and the procedures used to clean up the fertility records. The analytical sections of the report examine differentials in period and cohort birth rates, sexual activity and contraception, birth wantedness, and pregnancy outcomes for selected respondent characteristics within cross-tabular and multivariate frameworks. Characteristics considered include race and ethnicity, religion, education, and various aspects of family stability, social class, and geographic residence. The multivariate results suggest the utility of a variety of background factors and more proximate respondent attitudes and behaviors for investigating a variety of adolescent and young adult fertility-related attitudes and behavior.

MOTT, FRANK L.
HAURIN, R. JEAN
MARSIGLIO, WILLIAM
Impact of Longitudinal Data Files on Research on Women's Roles
Presented: Detroit, MI, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, 1983
Cohort(s): Young Women
ID Number: 1686
Publisher: American Sociological Association

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This paper considers how several major longitudinal data sets which include data appropriate for sociological analyses of issues associated with women's roles have been used for such research. In particular, the extent to which these data sets are (1) useful for examining the dynamics of female home/work behavior and (2) being used extensively within a longitudinal context. The explicit inclusion of variables for sociological analyses in these data sets and the extent to which the available data have biased the research orientation of sociologists is considered.

MOTT, FRANK L.
MARSIGLIO, WILLIAM
Early Childbearing and Completion of High School
Family Planning Perspectives 17,5 (September-October 1985): 234-37
Cohort(s): NLSY79
ID Number: 1692
Publisher: Alan Guttmacher Institute

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Data are presented documenting the extent of high school completion among current 20-26 year old women. Women who have a child before completion are far less likely to eventually obtain a secondary credential than women who postpone childbearing until their 20s. Among women who complete high school but bear a child prior to the date of high school accreditation, almost 40 percent obtain their credential through the GED program.

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