University of Wisconsin–Madison

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“Like Parent, Like Child?” The Intergenerational Transmission of Nonmarital Fertility

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Högnäs, Robin and Marcia Carlson Working paper no. 2010-10 Abstract We use data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth (N=11,182) to examine the intergenerational transmission of nonmarital fertility for both men and women. We find that being born to unmarried parents increases the risk of both (adult) sons and daughters having a nonmarital …

Examining the Antecedents of U.S. Nonmarital Fatherhood

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Carlson, Marcia, Alicia VanOrman and Natasha Pilkauskas Working paper no. 2010-12 Abstract Despite the dramatic rise in nonmarital childbearing in recent decades, there has been limited attention to factors affecting nonmarital fatherhood (beyond studies of young fathers). In this paper, we use data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth and the National Longitudinal …