Mollborn Stefanie
University of Colorado at Boulder.
J Marriage Fam. 2007 Feb;69(1):92-104. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00347.x.
Past research has largely ignored the influence of material resources on teenage parents' life outcomes. A lack of resources such as housing, child care, and financial support is hypothesized to explain the negative effect of teenage parenthood on educational attainment. Regression analyses use nationally representative data from the 1988 - 2000 National Education Longitudinal Study (N = 8,432, n = 356 teenage parents). Results support the hypothesis completely for the teenage fathers in the sample and partially for mothers: Resources substantially diminish the educational penalty teenage parents paid by age 26. Gender influences which types of resources are protective, providing policy implications. Help with child care is critical for teenage mothers, whereas housing and financial resources may be important for men.
过去的研究在很大程度上忽视了物质资源对青少年父母生活状况的影响。据推测，住房、儿童保育和经济支持等资源的匮乏可以解释青少年生育对教育程度的负面影响。回归分析使用了1988 - 2000年全国教育纵向研究中的全国代表性数据（样本量N = 8432，其中青少年父母n = 356）。结果完全支持了样本中青少年父亲的这一假设，对母亲的假设则部分支持：资源大大减少了青少年父母在26岁时所面临的教育劣势。性别影响哪些类型的资源具有保护作用，这为政策制定提供了启示。儿童保育方面的帮助对青少年母亲至关重要，而住房和经济资源对男性可能很重要。
