Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Lens on Adolescence: The 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - Robert T. Michael
Part I: Adolescents' Families and Their Influences on Youths
Chapter 1: The Effect of Family Structure on Youth Outcomes in the NLSY97 - Charles R. Pierret
Chapter 2: Patterns off Nonresident-Father Involvement - Laura M. Argys and H. Elizabeth Peters
Chapter 3: Parental Regulation and Adolescent Discretionary Time-Use Decisions: Findings from the NLSY97 - Robin L. Tepper
Part II: Adolescents' Dating and Sexual Behavior
Chapter 4: Family Environment and Adolescent Sexual Debut in Alternative Household Structures - Mignon R. Moore
Chapter 5: Exploring Determinants of Adolescents' Early Sexual Behavior - Robert T. Michael and Courtney Bickert
Chapter 6: Body Weight and the Dating and Sexual Behaviors of Young Adolescents - John Cawley
Part III: Adolescents' Expectations and Their Well-Being
Chapter 7: Adolescents' Expectations Regarding Birth Outcomes: A Comparison of the NLSY79 and NLSY97 Cohorts - James R. Walker
Chapter 8: Who Are Youth "At Risk"? Expectations Evidence in the NLSY97 - Jeff Dominitz, Charles F. Manski, and Baruch Fischhoff
Chapter 9: Food Stamp Program Participation and Health: Estimates from the NLSY97 - Diane Gibson
Part IV: Adolescents' Antisocial Behavior
Chapter 10: What Determines Adolescent Demand for Alcohol and Marijuana? A Comparison of Findings from the NLSY79 and the NLSY97 - Pinka Chatterji
Chapter 11: Changes in Gender and Racial Gaps in Adolescent Antisocial Behavior: The NLSY97 Versus the NLSY79 - Yasuyo Abe
Chapter 12: City Kids and Country Cousins: Rural and Urban Youths, Deviance, and Labor Market Ties - L. Susan Williams
Index