The Effect of Education on Early Parenthood among Young Canadian Adults

Authors

  • Darcy Hango Centre de la statistique de l’éducation, Statistique Canada, Ottawa Ontario
  • Céline Le Bourdais Département de Sociologie, Université McGill, Montreal Quebec

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25336/P67G9D

Abstract

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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Published

2009-12-31

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 3-4 (2009): Fall/Winter

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