%0 Journal Article
%T Precursors of Young Women's Family Formation Pathways
%J Journal of marriage and family
%D 2008
%A Amato, Paul R.
%A Landale, Nancy S.
%A Havasevich‐Brooks, Tara C.
%A Booth, Alan
%A Eggebeen, David J.
%A Schoen, Robert
%A McHale, Susan M.
%V 70
%N 5
%P 1271-1286
%X 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 />
%G 
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0022-2445
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00565.x