Raley R Kelly, Kim Yujin, Daniels Kimberly
Department of Sociology, 1 University Station, G1800, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712.
J Marriage Fam. 2012 Aug;74(4):866-879. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.00990.x.
The analyses described in this article investigated the association between adolescent fertility expectations and college enrollment (N = 7,838). They also explored the potential impact of fertility expectations and events on college persistence among 4-year (n = n = 1,962) college students. The analysis, which used data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 cohort, showed a significant association between expectations for early parenthood and the likelihood of going to a 4-year college or 2-year college for both men and women. In addition, the authors found that pregnancies were associated with an increased risk of college dropout for women; however, if all of the estimated effect of pregnancies on the risk of dropout were causal, they would still not be a major factor contributing to educational attainment because fertile pregnancies among college women are so rare.
本文所述分析研究了青少年生育期望与大学入学之间的关联（N = 7838）。他们还探讨了生育期望及相关事件对四年制大学（n = 1962）学生大学持续学业的潜在影响。该分析使用了1997年全国青年纵向调查队列的数据，结果显示，无论男女，早育期望与进入四年制或两年制大学的可能性之间均存在显著关联。此外，作者发现怀孕会增加女性大学辍学风险；然而，即便怀孕对辍学风险的所有估计影响都是因果性的，它们仍不会是影响教育程度的主要因素，因为大学女生中意外怀孕的情况极为罕见。
