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Effects of Family Instability, Income, and Income Instability on the Risk of a Premarital Birth
Abstract
In this study I contrast hypotheses about the effects of family structure on premarital birth risks with three income hypotheses: (1) a low income hypothesis--that the risk of a premarital birth is higher for women from disadvantaged economic backgrounds because they possess fewer or less attractive economic opportunities; (2) a permanent income and transitory income hypothesis--that uncertainties generated by unexpected fluctuations in family income increase premarital birth risks net of absolute income levels; and (3) an income level and income change hypothesis--that downward trends in family income reflect worsening socioeconomic opportunities that increase premarital birth risks net of absolute income levels. I use prospective income and retrospective parental histories in the [U.S.] National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to determine if the effect of family instability...is an artifact of low unstable or declining income in the family of origin. (EXCERPT)
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- Authors
- Wu, L. L.
- Venue
- American Sociological Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1996-06
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 386
- ISSN
- 0003-1224 (ISSN-L)
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- W1998262971
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- 373
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 17.44
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- closed
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