scholarly journals Smoking Initiation Associated With Specific Periods in the Life Course From Birth to Young Adulthood: Data From the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. e119-e126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinguang Chen ◽  
Angela J. Jacques-Tiura
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Smoking Initiation ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
National Longitudinal Survey ◽  
The Life Course

scholarly journals Expectations after expecting: the impact of first birth on the fertility expectations of one child women in the USA and UK

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyce Raybould ◽  
Rebecca Sear
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
National Longitudinal Survey ◽  
First Birth ◽  
Fertility Expectations ◽  
New Information ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
The Impact

Expectations for having children are hypothesised to be predominantly influenced by societal family norms at young ages, and are adjusted during the life course in response to changing circumstances and new information. The onset of parenthood is likely to be a key event that affects expectations. This paper explores whether the expectations of women who have only one child (one child women) change in the five years before and after first birth, using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (USA) and Understanding Society (UK). We aim to determine whether one child women are distinct in their expectations from women who go on to higher parities even before first birth, and whether the event of first birth is a catalyst for changing expectations. Our results show that, in both contexts, one child women expect closer to two children prior to, compared to after, first birth, when the trajectory declines more steeply towards one. One child women also expect fewer than higher parity mothers by the time of first birth. Our findings suggest that although one child women already expect fewer children compared to other mothers prior to first birth, their expectations are particularly affected by the onset of parenthood.

scholarly journals Blood Donation across the Life Course: The Influence of Life Events on Donor Lapse

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tjeerd W. Piersma ◽  
René Bekkers ◽  
Wim de Kort ◽  
Eva-Maria Merz
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Blood Collection ◽  
Longitudinal Survey Data ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Human And Social Capital ◽  
The Life Course

This article examines how blood donation loyalty changes across the life course as a result of life events. Previous studies have shown that life events affect involvement in prosocial behavior, possibly as a result of loss of human and social capital. Using registry data from the blood collection agency in the Netherlands, linked to longitudinal survey data from the Donor InSight study (N = 20,560), we examined whether life events are related to blood donor lapse. Childbirth, losing a job, and starting a job increase the likelihood of donor lapse, while health-related events (i.e., blood transfusion in a family member, death of a family member) decrease the likelihood of donor lapse. Moreover, results showed how social and practical concerns explain donors’ decisions to donate blood after the occurrence of life events. We discuss theoretical implications for further studies on prosocial and health-related behavior.

Achieving Recovery Through Resilience: Insights From Adults in Midlife Living With Anorexia Nervosa

2020 ◽  
pp. 104973232097820
Author(s):  
Leslie A. McCallum ◽  
Ramona Alaggia
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Constructivist Grounded Theory ◽  
Life Course Theory ◽  
Seeking Help ◽  
The Life Course

Despite the high percentage of adults living with anorexia nervosa (AN) over the life course, there is limited understanding of what it means to be living with AN in midlife when the majority of research has focused on adolescents and young adults. As such, clinical practice for individuals in midlife is informed by a severe and enduring AN (SE-AN) framework, which assumes that recovery is not necessarily feasible past young adulthood. This study used constructivist grounded theory methodology to understand the experiences of adults in midlife living with AN. In-depth analyses of 19 participant narratives in midlife show that individuals face barriers to seeking help or remaining in recovery; however, midlife can also act as a significant catalyst toward recovery. Subsequently, there is merit in revisiting the utility of the SE-AN framework in the context of life course theory and exploring resilience-informed approaches in supporting recovery from AN.

scholarly journals Correction: Faught et al. “Socioeconomic Disadvantage across the Life Course is associated with Diet Quality in Young Adulthood” Nutrients, 2019, 11(2), 242

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1807
Author(s):  
Erin L. Faught ◽  
Lindsay McLaren ◽  
Sharon I. Kirkpatrick ◽  
David Hammond ◽  
Leia M. Minaker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Diet Quality ◽  
Socioeconomic Disadvantage ◽  
The Life Course

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scholarly journals The Persistent Influence of Socio-Economic Background on Family Formation Pathways and Disadvantage in Young Adulthood

2021 ◽  
pp. 61-77
Author(s):  
Jarl Mooyaart
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Family Formation ◽  
Birth Cohorts ◽  
Economic Background ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Over Time

AbstractThis chapter focuses on the linkages between socio-economic background, family formation and economic (dis)advantage and reveals to what extent the influence of parental education on family formation persists over time, i.e. across birth cohorts. The second part of this chapter examines to what extent the influence of socio-economic background persists over the life-course. This part covers: (1) the influence of parental education on union formation over the life-course, and (2) the influence of socio-economic background on income trajectories in young adulthood, after adjusting for the career and family pathways that young adults followed during the transition to adulthood, thereby examining the influence of socio-economic background on income beyond the first stage of young adulthood. This chapter reveals two key insights on the linkages between socio-economic background, family formation and (dis)advantage: (1) Whereas union and family formation patterns have changed across birth cohorts, socio-economic background continues to stratify union and family formation pathways; (2) Although the influence of socio-economic background on family formation and young adults’ economic position decreases throughout young adulthood, socio-economic background continues to have an impact in young adulthood.

Second-Generation Contextual Mobility: Neighborhood Attainment from Birth to Young Adulthood in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 356-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Van C. Tran
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Neighborhood Context ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Over Time

This article examines trajectories of neighborhood mobility for the post-1965 second generation in the United States. It advances the concept of second-generation contextual mobility, defined as the change in neighborhood context over the life course among the second generation. This analysis uses unique geocoded longitudinal data over three decades to documents patterns of second-generation neighborhood attainment. Compared to US blacks, the second generation has achieved significant contextual mobility both over time and across generations. Specifically, the second generation in this New York sample lived in better neighborhoods in young adulthood compared to birth neighborhood where their parents once lived. Most groups moved away from the most disadvantaged areas, with the exception of Dominicans. While the second generation has yet to achieve neighborhood parity with US whites, they have already surpassed US blacks in neighborhood attainment. Second-generation contextual mobility is thus an important, but missing, piece in established accounts of neighborhood mobility in the United States.

Conscientiousness and Health across the Life Course

2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent W. Roberts ◽  
Kate E. Walton ◽  
Tim Bogg
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Underlying Structure ◽  
Life Paths ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Social Environmental Factors ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Health Process

This article provides an overview of the role conscientiousness plays in the health process over the life course. The authors describe their research on the underlying structure of conscientiousness and how conscientiousness predicts social environmental factors and health behaviors that have a known relationship to health and longevity. The authors then show that conscientiousness continues to develop in young adulthood, midlife, and even potentially in old age. Finally, they show that the life paths and health behaviors that are associated with health are also associated with changes in conscientiousness across the life course.

Association of Smoking Initiation and Cessation Across the Life Course and Cancer Mortality

JAMA Oncology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blake Thomson ◽  
Jonathan Emberson ◽  
Ben Lacey ◽  
Sarah Lewington ◽  
Richard Peto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Cancer Mortality ◽  
Smoking Initiation ◽  
The Life Course

scholarly journals Socioeconomic Disadvantage across the Life Course Is Associated with Diet Quality in Young Adulthood

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin L. Faught ◽  
Lindsay McLaren ◽  
Sharon I. Kirkpatrick ◽  
David Hammond ◽  
Leia M. Minaker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Diet Quality ◽  
Healthy Eating Index ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Dietary Recall ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
The Relationship

Socioeconomic position (SEP) is a key determinant of diet quality across the life course. Young adulthood is a unique period of transition where dietary inequities between groups with lower and higher SEP may widen. This study investigated associations between SEP in both childhood and young adulthood and diet quality in young adulthood. Data from 1949 Canadian young adults aged 18–30 who participated in the Canada Food Study were analyzed. Healthy Eating Index–2015 (HEI-2015) scores were calculated based on one 24-hour dietary recall. Childhood and young adult SEP were represented by self-report of participants’ parent(s)’ and their own highest educational level, respectively. Linear regression was used to examine associations between childhood and adult SEP and adult HEI-2015 score. Mediation analyses examined whether adult SEP mediated the relationship between childhood SEP and adult HEI-2015 score. Lower SEPs in childhood and adulthood were each associated with lower HEI-2015 scores in young adulthood. Adult SEP mediated up to 13.0% of the association between childhood SEP and adult HEI-2015 scores. Study findings provide support for key life course hypotheses and suggest latent, pathway, and cumulative effects of SEP across the early life course in shaping the socioeconomic patterning of diet quality in young adulthood.

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