Study Kalmuss et al. (1992): study US 1989
- Public
- Unmarried teenage mothers, USA, 1989-1990
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 527
- Non Response
- >10%
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- high school graduate
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Placers had educational aspirations about one year greater than parenters
- Distribution
- 30% graduated at pre-birth interview
- Operationalization
- high school graduated
0: not graduated
1: graduated
Observed Relation with Happiness
- pregnancy resolution (parented/placed)
- age in years
- race (black/white)
- lived with both parents at age 14
- received public assistance while rgowing up
- lived in maternity residence while pregnant