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Family Life Course Statuses and Transitions: Relationships with Health Limitations
Sociological Perspectives
  • Jay Teachman, Western Washington University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2010
Keywords
  • Family life course,
  • Health,
  • NLSY 79
Disciplines
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.

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
Citation Information
Jay Teachman. "Family Life Course Statuses and Transitions: Relationships with Health Limitations" Sociological Perspectives Vol. 53 Iss. 2 (2010) p. 201 - 219
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jay_teachman/1/