Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns. Endnotes
1. We excluded the small number of sample members younger than age 15 in 1999, so the sample is comparable to data from the National Survey of Family Growth, which does not survey people younger than 15.
Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns. Outline of the Report
Chapters II through IV of this report address the three research questions outlined above. Chapter V provides a summary of our main results and discusses possible directions for future research. Chapters II through IV are described in more detail below.
Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns. Data, Samples, and Methods
The limited research evidence on adolescent romantic relationships is due in part to a lack of nationally representative data. No single national data set includes all of the information needed to assess teens’ early experiences with romantic relationships, their attitudes and expectations concerning romantic relationships and marriage, and thei
Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns. Previous Research on Teens and Marriage
Previous studies of adolescent development have established that romantic relationships and dating are very common among teens. For example, data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) Children and Young Adult Surveys indicate that more than half of all teens have had some dating experience by the time they are 16 years old a
Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns. Contents
Previous Research on Teens and Marriage
Data, Samples, and Methods
Outline of the Report
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Coming of Age: Employment Outcomes for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care Through Their Middle Twenties
Contents
Key Findings
Youth who age out of foster care continue to experience poor employment outcomes at age 24
Youth who age out of foster care tend to follow one of four employment trajectories as they transition to adulthood
Positive outcomes at age 24
Poor outcomes at age 24
Implications
Pathways to adult serv
Moving Into Adulthood: Were the Impacts of Mandatory Programs for Welfare-Dependent Teenage Parents Sustained After the Programs Ended?
TEENAGE PARENT DEMONSTRATION
Report on Results of Long-Term Follow-up, Executive Summary
Moving into Adulthood:
Were the Impacts of Mandatory Programs for Welfare-Dependent Teenaged Parents Sustained After the Programs Ended?
by Ellen Eliason Kisker, Anu Rangarajan, and Kimberly Boller
Positive Youth Development in the United States: Research Findings on Evaluations of Positive Youth Development Programs
THE STATE OF THE FIELD
Contents
Defining Positive Youth Development
Selecting Programs for Review
Program Findings
Evaluation Findings
Summary
Adolescent Time Use, Risky Behavior and Outcomes: An Analysis of National Data
Adolescent Time Use, Risky Behavior and Outcomes: An Analysis of National Data
Nicholas Zill, Christine Winquist Nord, and Laura Spencer Loomis
Westat, Inc.
September 11, 1995
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
State of the Science and Practice in Parenting Interventions across Childhood: Literature Review and Synthesis
In 2009 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) funded a project designed to better understand how to support parents throughout children’s development in order to ultimately promote positive long-term outcomes; in particular, positive adolescent development and reductions in risky behavior.
rpt_StateOfScience.pdf
Influence of New Media on Adolescent Sexual Health: Evidence and Opportunities
The goal of this review is to develop a working knowledge base about the use of new media and its potential impact on sexual activity and decision making. This literature review discusses of the types of new media available to adolescents, outlining both the platforms that adolescents use to access media and the media itself, and illuminates the
index.pdf
Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood: Young Men and Young Women
This fact sheet considers differences in behaviors and outcomes between young men and young women as they transition to adulthood. It also considers whether differences between young men and young women are related to the fact that some women are caring for children. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, the analysis compares adole
index.pdf
Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood: Youth with Depression/Anxiety
The transition to adulthood can be particularly challenging when a young adult experiences mental health problems. This fact sheet uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 to explore the young adult outcomes and adolescent risk behaviors of youth suffering from depression and anxiety as they make this transition. [5 PDF Pages]
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Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood: Youth from Distressed Neighborhoods
The transition to adulthood can be particularly challenging for youth growing up in distressed neighbor-hoods. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, this fact sheet compares the adolescent risk behaviors and young adult outcomes of youth from distressed neighborhoods with those of youth from non-distressed neighborhoods. [4 PDF pag
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Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood: Youth from Low-Income Families
Youth from low-income families are vulnerable to poor outcomes as adults, as these youth often lack the resources and opportunities found to lead to better outcomes. This fact sheet compares the young adult outcomes and adolescent risk-taking behaviors of youth from low-income families to those from middle-income (201-400 percent of federal povert
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Marital Quality and Parent-Adolescent Relationships: Components of Relationship Strengths in Married Couple Families
The purpose of this research brief is to explain the relationship context of adolescents who live in married couple families. Specifically, the marital quality of the adolescents' biological parents (and step-parents) is assessed by examining how supportive and conflict behaviors combine within the couple relationship. How support and conflict o
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