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Direct linkPetrilli, Michael P. – Education Next, 2015
There are no obvious or easy prescriptions for reversing the trends of the familial challenges that have grown deeper and wider in the last fifty years in regard to the number of babies born to unwed mothers, with the majority of all children born to women in their 20s. This article discusses the challenges regarding the marriage crisis in…
Descriptors: Marriage, Graduation, High School Students, Employment
Cherlin, Andrew; Cross-Barnet, Caitlin; Burton, Linda M.; Garrett-Peters, Raymond – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2008
Using data on low-income mothers in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio, we test three propositions regarding mothers' attitudes toward childbearing, marriage, and divorce. These are drawn from K. Edin and M. J. Kefalas (2005) but have also arisen in other recent studies. We find strong support for the proposition that childbearing outside of…
Descriptors: Divorce, Mothers, Low Income Groups, Females
Gassanov, Margaret A.; Nicholson, Lisa M.; Koch-Turner, Amanda – Youth & Society, 2008
Since welfare reform in 1996, marriage has been promoted as a means to reduce welfare dependency and out-of-wedlock childbearing. Despite extensive public and academic discourse surrounding marriage promotion, a basic factor preceding and predicting marriage--expectations to marry--has received little attention. Using insights from the life course…
Descriptors: Poverty, Pregnancy, Marriage, Youth
Brock, E. Wilbur; Iutaka, Sugiyama – J Marriage Fam, 1970
The factors found to be related significantly to premarital pregnancy were educational attainment, social status of father, social status of husband, and social mobility. The data suggest the premarital pregnancy has significance for social mobility through the process of mate selection. Premarital conception may result in middle class females…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family (Sociological Unit), Marriage, Pregnancy
Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA. – 1978
This student manual, part of the Family and Community Health Through Caregiving program, explores the impact a baby has on its family. Case studies and activities help high school students in: (1) understanding the responsibilities of parenthood; (2) becoming aware of increasing numbers of adolescent pregnancies; and (3) picturing themselves as…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, High Schools, Marriage, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedParnell, Allan M.; And Others – Social Forces, 1994
Analysis of four national cross-sectional fertility surveys, 1955-84, documents the decreasing likelihood that single women pregnant with their first child will marry to legitimate the birth. Among recent cohorts, decision to marry was influenced by woman's expectations about the timing of marriage and parenthood, living arrangements, academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Decision Making, Educational Attainment
