MARRIED WITH CHILDREN - PROTEST AND THE TIMING OF FAMILY-LIFE COURSE EVENTS

This longitudinal study of 143 former political activists and 341 nonactivists from the 1960s examines the relationship between political involvement and subsequent family life course decisions. The effects of activism, gender role attitudes, and education on the hazard of marriage and births of first and second child are estimated using a proportional hazards model with data collected 14 years from baseline. It is found that by 1985, men and women who were activists in the 1960s had children later than did nonactivists, but that activism was not related to timing of marriage.