Relationship Repertoires, the Price of Parenthood, and the Costs of Contraception

Bell, Monica; Edin, Kathryn; Wood, Holly; Mondé, Geniece Crawford

doi:10.1086/699159

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“…Such studies have focused on the marriage and fertility decisions of poor parents and young adults (Bell et al. 2018; Edin and Kefalas 2005; Edin and Nelson 2013), street vendors’ decisions about whether to use public bathrooms (Duneier 1999), young adults’ decisions about participation in low‐wage work (Newman 1999; Venkatesh 2008; Young 2003) or getting “caught up” in the street (Jones 2010; Rosenblatt et al. 2015), students’ postsecondary education decisions (Deterding 2015; Harding 2010; Holland and DeLuca 2016) and financial decisions (Sykes et al.…”

Section: Why Are Sociologists Only Recently Studying Residential Decimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The aforementioned studies have shown us that lapses in contraception sometimes signal trust in young relationships (Bell et al. 2018), public urination can be an attempt to avoid embarrassing encounters with restaurant patrons (Duneier 1999), low‐wage jobs provide an alternative to the street or a meaningful way to provide for one's family (Newman 1999; Rosenblatt et al. 2015), and that aiming for subbaccalaureate certifications instead of a four‐year degree is both an aspirational identity and an employment strategy (Deterding 2015; Holland and DeLuca 2016).…”

Section: Why Are Sociologists Only Recently Studying Residential Decimentioning

confidence: 99%

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“Not Just a Lateral Move”: Residential Decisions and the Reproduction of Urban Inequality

DeLuca

Jang-Trettien

2020

City & Community

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Despite decades of research on residential mobility and neighborhood effects, we know comparatively less about how people sort across geography. In recent years, scholars have been calling for research that considers residential selection as a social stratification process. In this paper, we present findings from work our team has done over the last 17 years to explore how people end up living where they do, relying in large part on systematically sampled in-depth narrative interviews with families. We focus on four key decisions: whether to move; where to move; whether to send children to school in the neighborhood; and whether to rent or own a home. We found that many residential mobility decisions among the poor were "reactive," with unpredictable shocks forcing families out of their homes. As a result of reactive moving, housing search time frames became shorter and poor parents employed short-term survival solutions to secure housing instead of long-term investment thinking about neighborhood and school district quality. These shocks, constraints, and compressed time frames led parents to decouple some dimensions of neighborhoods and schools from the housing search process while maximizing others, like immediacy of shelter, unit quality, and proximity to work and child care. Finally, we found that policies can significantly shape and better support some of these decisions. Combined, our research revealed some of the processes that underlie locational attainment and the intergenerational transmission of neighborhood context. Decades of research have demonstrated that the neighborhoods where children grow up play a significant part in shaping their developmental, social, and economic trajectories. Poor and racially segregated neighborhoods diminish children's health and educational prospects, while more affluent communities can increase long-term social and economic mobility (Acevedo

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Section: Why Are Sociologists Only Recently Studying Residential Decimentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Why Are Sociologists Only Recently Studying Residential Decimentioning

confidence: 99%

“Not Just a Lateral Move”: Residential Decisions and the Reproduction of Urban Inequality

DeLuca

Jang-Trettien

2020

City & Community

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“…For instance, socioeconomic differentials in contraceptive use (including method choice and consistency of use) are an important proximate cause of disparities in early and unintended fertility. Relative to their more‐advantaged peers, less‐advantaged women have lower levels of contraceptive knowledge; greater discomfort with, and distrust of, contraception and family planning providers; and less access to high‐quality family planning services (Bell, Edin, Wood, & Monde, ; Frost, Lindberg, & Finer, ). Psychosocial factors also contribute to socioeconomic differences in contraceptive use.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There are also some unique concerns about contraception that could affect fertility among Black women. Black women report more worries about the side effects of hormonal contraceptives than White women (Guzzo & Hayford, ), yet condom use is difficult to maintain in long‐term relationships because it signifies distrust or lack of commitment, at least among disadvantaged Black men and women (Bell et al, ).…”

Section: Race–ethnic and Nativity Differentials In Childbearingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Among adolescents and young adults, contraceptive use tends to be lower in poor‐quality relationships, as measured by indicators such as conflict and distrust (Manlove et al, ; Manning, Flanigan, Giordano, & Longmore, ; Wildsmith et al, ). Contraceptive use also varies during the course of a relationship: it is high in the early stages (especially condom use) but becomes less consistent over time, especially among disadvantaged couples (Bell et al, ; Edin & Kefalas, ; Kusunoki & Ba r ber, ; Kusunoki & Upchurch, ). Changes in contraceptive use are partly attributable to changes in fertility desires.…”

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Pathways to Parenthood in Social and Family Contexts: Decade in Review, 2020

Guzzo

Hayford

2020

J of Marriage and Family

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Whether, and under what circumstances, people become parents has implications for individual identity, family relationships, the well‐being of adults and children, and population growth and age structure. Understanding the factors that influence pathways to parenthood is central to the study of families and can inform policies aimed at changing childbearing behaviors. This review summarizes recent trends in fertility as well as research on the predictors and correlates of childbearing, with a focus on the United States and on research most relevant to family scholars. U.S. fertility has declined in recent years, perhaps reflecting the influence of the Great Recession and increasing economic inequality, and there is growing divergence in behaviors across social class. Scholars of childbearing have developed theories to better understand how childbearing is shaped by life course processes and social contexts, but more work is needed to understand group differentials, refine measurement and theories, and better integrate men and couples. Childbearing research has important implications for social policy, but the application of research to policy is hindered by ideological factors.

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Do Reproductive Attitudes and Knowledge Explain Race-Ethnic-Nativity Differences in Unintended Fertility?

Guzzo

Hayford

Lang

2020

Analyzing Contemporary Fertility

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Relationship Repertoires, the Price of Parenthood, and the Costs of Contraception

Cited by 14 publications

References 115 publications

“Not Just a Lateral Move”: Residential Decisions and the Reproduction of Urban Inequality

“Not Just a Lateral Move”: Residential Decisions and the Reproduction of Urban Inequality

Pathways to Parenthood in Social and Family Contexts: Decade in Review, 2020

Do Reproductive Attitudes and Knowledge Explain Race-Ethnic-Nativity Differences in Unintended Fertility?

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