@article{ref1,
title="Precursors of Young Women's Family Formation Pathways",
journal="Journal of marriage and family",
year="2008",
author="Amato, Paul R. and Landale, Nancy S. and Havasevich‐Brooks, Tara C. and Booth, Alan and Eggebeen, David J. and Schoen, Robert and McHale, Susan M.",
volume="70",
number="5",
pages="1271-1286",
abstract="We used latent class analysis to create family formation pathways for women between the ages of 18 and 23. Input variables included cohabitation, marriage, parenthood, full-time employment, and attending school. Data (n = 2,290) came from Waves I and III of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The analysis revealed seven latent pathways: college-no family formation (29%), high school-no family formation (19%), cohabitation without children (15%), married mothers (14%), single mothers (10%), cohabiting mothers (8%), and inactive (6%). Three sets of variables distinguished between the groups: personal and social resources in adolescence, family socioeconomic resources and adolescent academic achievement, and conservative values and behavior in adolescence.<p />",
language="",
issn="0022-2445",
doi="10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00565.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00565.x"
}