The Effect of Education on Early Parenthood among Young Canadian Adults

We use the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) to examine the link between education and early parenthood in Canada. Estimates from proportional hazard models reveal that the exit from fulltime schooling increases the risk of becoming a young parent. However, this risk is tempered by the level of educ...

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Published inCanadian studies in population Vol. 36; no. 3-4; pp. 237 - 265
Main Authors Hango, Darcy, Le Bourdais, Céline
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Edmonton Springer Nature B.V 31.12.2009
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Canada
Education
Educational Attainment
Females
Parenthood
Parents
Risk
Social impact
Teenage parents
Young adults
Canada
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Summary:We use the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) to examine the link between education and early parenthood in Canada. Estimates from proportional hazard models reveal that the exit from fulltime schooling increases the risk of becoming a young parent. However, this risk is tempered by the level of education achieved. Other measures related to education indicate that skipping classes increases the risk of early parenthood for men and women, whereas having peers committed to education reduces the risk for both. Yet higher educational aspirations and more extra curricular activities reduce the risk of parenthood, but for women only.
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ISSN:0380-1489
1927-629X
DOI:10.25336/P67G9D