Gender, Anticipated Family Formation, and Graduate School Expectations Among Undergraduates

被引：8
作者：
Allison, Rachel [1 ]
Ralston, Margaret [1 ]
机构：
[1] Mississippi State Univ, Dept Sociol, Mailstop 9562,201 Bowen Hall,456 Hardy Rd,POB C, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA
来源：
SOCIOLOGICAL FORUM | 2018年 / 33卷 / 01期
关键词：
education; educational expectations; family; gender; graduate school; inequality; LIFE-COURSE; EDUCATIONAL EXPECTATIONS; UNITED-STATES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPECTATIONS; COLLEGE; TRANSITIONS; ADULTHOOD; WORK; SEGREGATION; ADOLESCENTS;
D O I：
10.1111/socf.12400
中图分类号：
C91 [社会学];
学科分类号：
030301 ; 1204 ;
摘要：
From a life course perspective, young adults' anticipations of future family formation transitions may shape their present-day educational trajectories. Given gender unequal divisions of paid caretaking and domestic labor in heterosexual families, anticipations of family formation may affect women's educational expectations more or differently than men's. We analyze Online College Social Life Survey (OCSLS) data from undergraduates at 22 U.S. colleges and universities (N= 16,152) to examine how existing and anticipated family formation shapes expectations to earn a graduate or professional degree. Family formation is more consistently related to women's educational expectations than to men's, with existing and anticipated parenthood affecting only women's expectations. While existing parenthood lowers women's expectations to advanced degrees, anticipated future parenthood elevates them. Anticipated age at parenthood is positively associated with all students' expectations to graduate or professional degrees.
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页码：95 / 117
页数：23
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