INTERGENERATIONAL PANEL STUDY OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN

这是一项研究家庭形成的决定因素的建议。我们 制定和评估同居和婚姻模式， 包括年轻人和他们的父母的影响。我们假设 进入同居和婚姻关系受到许多人的影响 家庭、社会经济和宗教经历的维度以及 年轻人和他们的父母的态度。 我们研究的一个贡献是考察了许多重要的 工会形成的决定因素以前几乎没有收到过 请注意。第二个贡献是扩大了对 同居的决定因素，这是婚姻形成的一个方面， 只是最近才进行了实证研究。第三个是分析 跨年龄段的工会形成，这允许检查 因果影响与年龄的相互作用。第四个目标是 解释影响因素的因果机制和过程 同居和婚姻。最后一个目标是审查 非婚生育的决定因素。我们将调查复杂的 连接父母和父母的经历和态度的因果路径 孩子们要在家庭中形成孩子。 这项研究的数据来自对父母和孩子的小组研究 它是专门为研究 家庭形成的决定因素。该数据集包括八波 对母亲的采访，时间跨度从1962年到 1993年。这些母亲都在1961年生过一个孩子， 这些孩子在18岁、23岁和31岁时接受了采访。数据 SET包括一组广泛的预测值变量，来自 父母和子女以及完整的同居和婚姻史 从孩子们那里。婚姻的父母和个人决定因素 将从生命过程的角度使用危险来检查形成 模特们。 这项拟议的研究是两所大学之间的合作项目 密歇根和宾夕法尼亚州立大学。类似的提案有 由这两个机构提交。

This is a proposal to study the determinants of family formation. We formulate and evaluate a model of cohabitation and marriage which includes influences from both young adults and their parents. We posit that entrance into cohabiting and marital unions is influenced by many dimensions of the family, socioeconomic, and religious experiences and attitudes of both young people and their parents. One contribution of our research is the examination of many important determinants of union formation that have received little previous attention. A second contribution is the expansion of knowledge about the determinants of cohabitation, an aspect of union formation that has only recently been studied empirically. A third is the analysis of union formation across a wide age range, which permits examination of the interaction of causal influences with age. A fourth aim is the explication of the causal mechanisms and processes affecting cohabitation and marriage. A final aim is the examination of the determinants of non-marital fertility. We will investigate complex causal pathways linking the experiences and attitudes of parents and children to the family formation of the children. Data for this research come from a panel study of parents and children that was designed explicitly for the purpose of studying the determinants of family formation. The data set includes eight waves of interviews with mothers extending across the 31 years from 1962 to 1993. Each of these mothers had given birth to a child in 1961, and these children were interviewed when they were 18, 23, and 31. The data set includes an extensive array of predictor variables from both parents and children and complete cohabitation and marriage histories from the children. The parental and individual determinants of union formation will be examined from a life course perspective using hazard models. The proposed research is a cooperative project between the University of Michigan and Pennsylvania State University. Parallel proposals are being submitted by the two institutions.