Household incarceration in early adolescence and risk of premarital first birth
Aaron Gottlieb
Children and Youth Services Review, 2016, vol. 61, issue C, 126-134
Abstract:
In the second half of the 20th century, the United States experienced a massive increase in incarceration. In response to this growth, a burgeoning scholarship has sought to explore the collateral consequences of incarceration for young children. However, this scholarship has less frequently explored the impact of incarceration on long-term outcomes, how incarceration experienced in periods other than early childhood impacts children, and whether the incarceration of family members other than parents has negative implications for children. Using data from the children of the mothers in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, I explore whether household incarceration experienced in early adolescence is associated with a child's risk of growing up to have a premarital first birth. The results suggest that, even after including a rich set of covariates, children who experience household incarceration in early adolescence are at greater risk of having a premarital first birth, particularly when the father or an external household member is incarcerated.
Keywords: Incarceration; Premarital birth; Intergenerational; Extended household (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.12.020
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