Roger A Wojtkiewicz
Biographic Data
| ID | 3819484 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roger A Wojtkiewicz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roger A |
| FAMILY NAME | Wojtkiewicz |
| SIGNATURE | WOJTKIEWICZ R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Louisiana State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 130 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Family Structure and College Graduation
We use data from the National Longitudinal Education Study (NELS) to build upon previous research that considered the negative effects of living in mother-only families and stepparent families on the subsequent educational attainment of children. Our results break new ground in finding that although those who lived in a mother-only family are not less likely overall to graduate college than those who lived with two biological parents, they are si…
Special Reviewers
Coresidence of Adult Children with Parents from 1960 to 1990
This article uses the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) to examine how shifts in marital status have influenced the likelihood of parental/adult-child coresidence from 1960 to 1990. Results indicate that the propensity to live with parents would have decreased between 1960 and 1990 if there had not been a change in the marital status of these young adults. While it is true that more people aged nineteen to thirty were living with the…
Occupational Aspirations, Gender, and Educational Attainment
While in the past women had lower educational attainment than men, women in recent years have caught up to and passed men in educational attainment. Lower occupational aspirations for women compared to men contributed to lower educational attainment in the past. In this article, we use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to consider whether occupational aspirations still act to lower educational attainment for women compared to me…
Hispanic Educational Attainment
We first examine the degree to which foreign birth explains the lower educational attainment of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans compared to whites. Although foreign birth is a partial explanation of group differences, family structure and parental education are more important explanatory variables. However, when we consider how the effects of nativity vary across Hispanic groups, we find that while U.S.-born Mexicans have higher educational attainment…
Parental structure experiences of children
Childhood Family Structure and Entry into First Marriage
The present study uses data from the National Survey of Families and Households to examine socialization and stress hypotheses which link family structure during childhood with entry into first marriage. Results from logistic regressions show evidence for both hypotheses. The findings show that years lived with mother only during early childhood and change from both biological parents to mother-only families significantly increase chances for del…
Simplicity and Complexity in the Effects of Parental Structure on High School Graduation
As more and more children experience nonintact families because of nonmarital birth or parental marital disruption, researchers have paid more attention to whether nonintact family experiences have negative effects on later life. This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to consider how experiences of parental structure affect chances of high school graduation. The study shows that the negative effects of parental struct…
Household Change and Racial Inequality in Economic Well-Being, 1960 to 1980
The 1960s and 1970s in the United States were marked by major demographic changes. Marriage was delayed, divorce increased, fertility decreased, and there was a relative increase in nonmarital fertility. These changes led to an increase in female household headship which acted to decrease economic well-being in the population. The changes also led to a decrease in the number of children in households which acted to increase economic well-being. T…
Duration in Parental Structures and High School Graduation
This article extends research on the effects of living in nonintact family types during childhood and adolescence on high school graduation. Data from the National Survey of Families and Households show that not only do years spent in mother-only families have a negative effect on high school graduation but so do years spent in mother-stepfather and father-stepmother families. In addition, living only with grandparents or other relatives has a ne…
The counteracting influences of increased female headship and decreased number of children on inequality in economic well-being by age
Diversity in experiences of parental structure during childhood and adolescence
The proportion of children living in parental structures other than mother/father has increased in recent decades because of increased separation/divorce and greater prevalence of nonmarital childbearing. This study uses the National Survey of Families and, Households to examine the parental structure experiences of children who had ever lived in nonintact families. The results show considerable variation in experiences among such children. The a…
The Effects of Parental Marital Status during Adolescence on High School Graduation
The growth of families headed by women
In recent decades, the number of families headed by women has increased dramatically. In this article, we use U.S. census data from 1950 to 1980 to consider the extent to which population growth, fertility change, decreased marriage, increased divorce, and increased household headship have contributed to the growth of femaleheaded families. For white women, the major source of growth during the 1960s and 1970s was an increase in the number of for…
Simplicity and Complexity in the Effects of Parental Structure on High School Graduation
As more and more children experience nonintact families because of nonmarital birth or parental marital disruption, researchers have paid more attention to whether nonintact family experiences have negative effects on later life. This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to consider how experiences of parental structure affect chances of high school graduation. The study shows that the negative effects of parental struct…
The Effects of Parental Marital Status during Adolescence on High School Graduation
The growth of families headed by women
In recent decades, the number of families headed by women has increased dramatically. In this article, we use U.S. census data from 1950 to 1980 to consider the extent to which population growth, fertility change, decreased marriage, increased divorce, and increased household headship have contributed to the growth of femaleheaded families. For white women, the major source of growth during the 1960s and 1970s was an increase in the number of for…
Hispanic Educational Attainment
We first examine the degree to which foreign birth explains the lower educational attainment of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans compared to whites. Although foreign birth is a partial explanation of group differences, family structure and parental education are more important explanatory variables. However, when we consider how the effects of nativity vary across Hispanic groups, we find that while U.S.-born Mexicans have higher educational attainment…
Duration in Parental Structures and High School Graduation
This article extends research on the effects of living in nonintact family types during childhood and adolescence on high school graduation. Data from the National Survey of Families and Households show that not only do years spent in mother-only families have a negative effect on high school graduation but so do years spent in mother-stepfather and father-stepmother families. In addition, living only with grandparents or other relatives has a ne…
Diversity in experiences of parental structure during childhood and adolescence
The proportion of children living in parental structures other than mother/father has increased in recent decades because of increased separation/divorce and greater prevalence of nonmarital childbearing. This study uses the National Survey of Families and, Households to examine the parental structure experiences of children who had ever lived in nonintact families. The results show considerable variation in experiences among such children. The a…
Family Structure and College Graduation
We use data from the National Longitudinal Education Study (NELS) to build upon previous research that considered the negative effects of living in mother-only families and stepparent families on the subsequent educational attainment of children. Our results break new ground in finding that although those who lived in a mother-only family are not less likely overall to graduate college than those who lived with two biological parents, they are si…
Childhood Family Structure and Entry into First Marriage
The present study uses data from the National Survey of Families and Households to examine socialization and stress hypotheses which link family structure during childhood with entry into first marriage. Results from logistic regressions show evidence for both hypotheses. The findings show that years lived with mother only during early childhood and change from both biological parents to mother-only families significantly increase chances for del…
Coresidence of Adult Children with Parents from 1960 to 1990
This article uses the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) to examine how shifts in marital status have influenced the likelihood of parental/adult-child coresidence from 1960 to 1990. Results indicate that the propensity to live with parents would have decreased between 1960 and 1990 if there had not been a change in the marital status of these young adults. While it is true that more people aged nineteen to thirty were living with the…
Occupational Aspirations, Gender, and Educational Attainment
While in the past women had lower educational attainment than men, women in recent years have caught up to and passed men in educational attainment. Lower occupational aspirations for women compared to men contributed to lower educational attainment in the past. In this article, we use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to consider whether occupational aspirations still act to lower educational attainment for women compared to me…
Parental structure experiences of children
The growth of families headed by women
In recent decades, the number of families headed by women has increased dramatically. In this article, we use U.S. census data from 1950 to 1980 to consider the extent to which population growth, fertility change, decreased marriage, increased divorce, and increased household headship have contributed to the growth of femaleheaded families. For white women, the major source of growth during the 1960s and 1970s was an increase in the number of for…
The counteracting influences of increased female headship and decreased number of children on inequality in economic well-being by age
Diversity in experiences of parental structure during childhood and adolescence
The proportion of children living in parental structures other than mother/father has increased in recent decades because of increased separation/divorce and greater prevalence of nonmarital childbearing. This study uses the National Survey of Families and, Households to examine the parental structure experiences of children who had ever lived in nonintact families. The results show considerable variation in experiences among such children. The a…
The Effects of Parental Marital Status during Adolescence on High School Graduation
Simplicity and Complexity in the Effects of Parental Structure on High School Graduation
As more and more children experience nonintact families because of nonmarital birth or parental marital disruption, researchers have paid more attention to whether nonintact family experiences have negative effects on later life. This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to consider how experiences of parental structure affect chances of high school graduation. The study shows that the negative effects of parental struct…
Household Change and Racial Inequality in Economic Well-Being, 1960 to 1980
The 1960s and 1970s in the United States were marked by major demographic changes. Marriage was delayed, divorce increased, fertility decreased, and there was a relative increase in nonmarital fertility. These changes led to an increase in female household headship which acted to decrease economic well-being in the population. The changes also led to a decrease in the number of children in households which acted to increase economic well-being. T…
Duration in Parental Structures and High School Graduation
This article extends research on the effects of living in nonintact family types during childhood and adolescence on high school graduation. Data from the National Survey of Families and Households show that not only do years spent in mother-only families have a negative effect on high school graduation but so do years spent in mother-stepfather and father-stepmother families. In addition, living only with grandparents or other relatives has a ne…
Parental structure experiences of children
Childhood Family Structure and Entry into First Marriage
The present study uses data from the National Survey of Families and Households to examine socialization and stress hypotheses which link family structure during childhood with entry into first marriage. Results from logistic regressions show evidence for both hypotheses. The findings show that years lived with mother only during early childhood and change from both biological parents to mother-only families significantly increase chances for del…
Hispanic Educational Attainment
We first examine the degree to which foreign birth explains the lower educational attainment of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans compared to whites. Although foreign birth is a partial explanation of group differences, family structure and parental education are more important explanatory variables. However, when we consider how the effects of nativity vary across Hispanic groups, we find that while U.S.-born Mexicans have higher educational attainment…
Coresidence of Adult Children with Parents from 1960 to 1990
This article uses the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) to examine how shifts in marital status have influenced the likelihood of parental/adult-child coresidence from 1960 to 1990. Results indicate that the propensity to live with parents would have decreased between 1960 and 1990 if there had not been a change in the marital status of these young adults. While it is true that more people aged nineteen to thirty were living with the…
Occupational Aspirations, Gender, and Educational Attainment
While in the past women had lower educational attainment than men, women in recent years have caught up to and passed men in educational attainment. Lower occupational aspirations for women compared to men contributed to lower educational attainment in the past. In this article, we use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to consider whether occupational aspirations still act to lower educational attainment for women compared to me…
Special Reviewers
Family Structure and College Graduation
We use data from the National Longitudinal Education Study (NELS) to build upon previous research that considered the negative effects of living in mother-only families and stepparent families on the subsequent educational attainment of children. Our results break new ground in finding that although those who lived in a mother-only family are not less likely overall to graduate college than those who lived with two biological parents, they are si…
Demography (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (8 works) · Population (7 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (6 works) · Demography (5 works)