TY - JOUR
AU - Barber, Jennifer S.
AB - This article examines the extent to which childbearing behavior is determined by mothers' preferences versus individuals' own preferences. The theoretical framework is based on socialization and social control. A total of 835 mother-child pairs from the Intergenerational Panel Study of Parents and Children, a long-term longitudinal study, are analyzed using hazard models. The empirical analyses show that both sons and daughters whose mothers prefer early marriage, large families, low levels of education, and stay-at-home mothers enter parenthood earlier than their peers, and analyses show support for both socialization and social control mechanisms. The study concludes that mothers' preferences have a strong influence on when their children become parents by guiding them on different pathways toward adulthood.
TI - Intergenerational Influences on the Entry into Parenthood: Mothers' Preferences for Family and Nonfamily Behavior*
JF - Social Forces
DO - 10.1093/sf/79.1.319
DA - 2000-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/intergenerational-influences-on-the-entry-into-parenthood-mothers-QnTYJeW0i0
SP - 319
EP - 348
VL - 79
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -