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The Mommy Track: The Consequences of Gender Ideology and Aspirations on Age At First Motherhood

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: While there is extensive and compelling evidence that growing up in an impoverished background leads to early fertility, few studies explain why early socioeconomic disadvantage leads to early childbearing. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, I test whether gender ideology, as well as educational and occupational aspirations, mediates the connection between poverty and teen fertility patterns. Traditional gender ideology depresses age at first motherhood. Adolescent aspirations appear to act as protective factors in the production of early pregnancy.

Source: The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

DOI: 10.15453/0191-5096.2892

Author: Jennifer Stewart

Institutions: Western Michigan University, Grand Valley State University

Language: English

Topic: Family Dynamics and Relationships

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Gender equality, No poverty

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1663692525

FWCI: 10.84

Cites: 79

Cited by: 67

Related to: 10