Mothers' Out-of-Sequence Postsecondary Education and Their Health and Health Behaviors
Mothers' Out-of-Sequence Postsecondary Education and Their Health and Health Behaviors
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10.1177/0022146520979664
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发表时间：
2021-01-13
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Augustine, Jennifer March
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作者：
Augustine, Jennifer March
大量的研究表明，高等教育和健康之间的联系是强大的，而且越来越强。然而，这项研究倾向于假设教育是在承担其他成人角色之前完成的。重要的是，生命历程框架提出了一个问题，即“无序”的大学毕业是否会带来类似的健康回报。我在一个受教育程度较低的母亲群体中调查了这个问题。鉴于妇女健康方面的教育差距越来越大以及孕产妇健康与儿童健康之间的联系，这一重点也很重要。数据来自脆弱家庭和儿童福利研究（N = 4，898）。分析涉及随机截距和固定效应模型以及各种健康措施。研究结果表明，中学后教育并没有改善母亲的健康，除了减少吸烟的母亲与高中学历或更少，获得学士学位。这些发现为卫生政策辩论和将教育与健康联系起来的理论提供了信息。
Ample research suggests that the links between higher education and heath are robust and growing in strength. This research, however, tends to assume education was completed prior to assuming other adult roles. Importantly, the life course framework raises the question of whether "out-of-sequence" college completion conveys similar health returns. I investigate this question among a population for whom out-of-sequence schooling has grown more common: lower-educated mothers. This focus is also important given the growing education gap in women's health and the links between maternal and child health. Data come from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 4,898). Analyses involve random intercept and fixed effects models and diverse health measures. Findings suggest that postsecondary education does not improve mother's health, except for reduced smoking among mothers with high school degrees or less that earned bachelor's degrees. These findings inform health policy debates and theories linking education to health.