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Smith, Ken R.; Mineau, Geraldine Page; Kerber, Richard A. | Effects of childhood and middle-adulthood family conditions on later-life mortality: evidence from the Utah population database, 1850-2002 | How do parents affect the health and longevity of their children? Parents can affect their children's life chances by transmitting a genetic endowment (or liability) for a long life while also providing resources and an environment that enhances (or limits) their children's longevity. Recently, m... | Growth; Death; Adolescence; Geriatrics | 2005-01-05 |
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Family structure and adolescent labor market participation: examining the motives for and effects of at-risk students' work for pay during high school | In this paper, I argue that focusing on only one type of fragile family structure- generally single-parent families, without distinguishing how these families were formed-obscures important processes and mechanisms among different types of families. I focus on a specific adolescent risk behavior,... | Single parents; Adolescence; Parenting; Employment | 2003-10-03 | |
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Teen childbearing and public policy | About 80 percent of teen pregnancies and 60 percent of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended at conception (Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1999; Henshaw, 1998). When adolescent females give birth, approximately 80 percent are unmarried, compared to 34 percent of women of all ages (Ventu... | Maternity; Adolescence; Minors | 2003 |
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