Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 2010
Keywords
Family life course, Health, NLSY 79
Abstract
In this study, the author uses 25 years of data taken from the 1979 National Longitudinal Study of Youth to examine the relationship between family life course statuses and transitions and work-related health limitations. The author uses a detailed set of statuses and transitions that include marriage, divorce, cohabitation, and parenthood. The measures of health used tap health limitations in the kind and amount of work that can be performed. Using a fixed-effects estimator for dichotomous outcomes, the author finds that marriage is positively related to the health of men but negatively related to the health of women. The author also finds that parenthood is not related to the health of men but is positively related to the health of women. The results also indicate that statuses are more important for determining health limitations than are transitions.
Publication Title
Sociological Perspectives
Volume
53
Issue
2
First Page
201
Last Page
219
Required Publisher's Statement
University of California Press, Published by: Sage Publications, Inc.
Article DOI: 10.1525/sop.2010.53.2.201
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/sop.2010.53.2.201
Recommended Citation
Teachman, Jay, "Family Life Course Statuses and Transitions: Relationships with Health Limitations" (2010). Sociology. 5.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/sociology_facpubs/5
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Marriage--Health aspects; Parenthood--Health aspects; Unmarried couples--Health risk assessment
Subjects - Names (LCNAF)
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Labor Market Experience (U.S.)
Geographic Coverage
United States
Genre/Form
articles
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
