UNINTENDED FERTILITY AND SUBSEQUENT WELL-BEING OF MEN

男性的意外生育和随后的福祉

• 批准号: 6285100
• 负责人: KORAY TANFER
• 金额: $ 30.19万
• 依托单位: BATTELLE CENTERS/PUB HLTH RES & EVALUATN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-28 至 2003-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6285100
• 关键词: adult human (21+); alcoholism /alcohol abuse; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; depression; drug abuse; epidemiology; fertility; human data; longitudinal human study; male; marriage /marital status; mathematical model; model design /development; population survey; quality of life; self concept; social psychology; socioeconomics; statistics /biometry; unwanted child

Unintended pregnancy is a widespread problem in the United States. The ill consequences of unintended pregnancy on children, women, and families have been widely documented, but scant information exists on the demography and consequences of unintended pregnancy among men. The primary objectives of the proposed research are: (1) to document the extent and patterns of unintended fertility among men; (2) to examine the effect on marriage and relationship dissolution of having an unintended birth relative to the consequences of having an intended birth, a birth which was neither intended nor unintended, and having no birth during the same observation period; and (3) to examine the consequences of having an unintended birth on the psychosocial well being of the father, relative to the consequences of having an intended birth, a birth which was neither intended nor unintended, or having no birth during the same observation period. Data from the 1982-1998 rounds of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth (NLSY), and the 1994-1998 rounds of NLSY-YA will be used. These are the only large-scale national data sets that have the information we need to achieve our analytical objectives. The investigation of the effects of unintended fertility on marriage and relationship dissolution, is guided by a conceptual framework based on a utilitarian perspective that is central to the macroeconomic theories of the family, marriage, and fertility, the rational choice theory, and the exchange theory. Briefly, according to this perspective, human beings are motivated out of self-interest, and individuals account for the costs and benefits of their actions and make choices that maximize their utility. When unexpected events occur (e.g., a birth), the anticipated utility diminishes, and individuals resort to coping mechanisms to deal with the stress caused by the unexpected event, or abandon the relationship, or the marriage. In addition to relationship dissolution, we posit that there are other psychosocial consequences of a birth, and that these consequences vary by the intended status of the pregnancy outcome. The specific psychosocial well being outcomes of interest are alcohol and drug use, and depressive symptoms for the adult NLSY sample. Three additional well being outcomes that will be examined for the Young Adult sample are marital harmony, self-esteem, and mastery (i.e., self- efficacy). We also posit that the effect of intended of births on relationship dissolution and well being outcomes will vary by the type of relationship (i.e., interaction effects).

意外怀孕在美国是一个普遍的问题。 意外怀孕对儿童、妇女和家庭的不良后果 已经被广泛记录，但缺乏关于人口统计学的信息， 男性意外怀孕的后果。的主要目标 建议的研究是：（1）记录意外的程度和模式 男性生育率;（2）研究对婚姻和关系的影响 与意外出生的后果有关的解体 有一个有意的出生，一个既不是有意的也不是无意的出生， 在同一观察期内没有出生;（3）检查 意外分娩对儿童心理健康的影响 父亲，相对于有一个预期的出生，出生的后果， 既不是有意的，也不是无意的，或者在同一期间没有出生 观察期。1982-1998年全国纵向调查数据 将使用1994-1998年的NLSY-YA调查。 这些是唯一的大规模国家数据集， 我们需要实现我们的分析目标。对影响的调查 婚姻和关系解体的意外生育，是由一个 基于功利主义观点的概念框架， 家庭、婚姻和生育的宏观经济理论， 选择理论和交换理论。简而言之，根据这一观点， 人类的动机是出于自身利益，个人占 他们的行为的成本和收益，并作出选择，最大限度地提高他们的 效用当意外事件发生时（例如，出生），预期效用 减少，个人诉诸应对机制来应对压力 突发事件造成的，或放弃关系，或婚姻。 除了关系的解体，我们认为还有其他的 出生的心理社会后果，这些后果因 妊娠结局的预期状态。具体的社会心理健康 感兴趣的结果是酒精和药物使用，以及抑郁症状， 成人NLSY样本。三个额外的福祉成果，将被审查 对于年轻人样本来说，婚姻和谐、自尊和掌握（即， 自我效能）。我们还认为，出生的影响， 关系的解体和幸福的结果将因类型而异 关系（即，相互作用效应）。