Advanced School Progression Relative to Age and Early Family Formation in Mexico.

ABSTRACT: Research has documented a negative association between women's educational attainment and early sexual intercourse, union formation, and pregnancy. However, the implications that school progression relative to age may have for the timing and order of such transitions are poorly understood. In this article, I argue that educational attainment has different implications depending on a student's progression through school grades relative to her age. Using month of birth and age-at-school-entry policies to estimate the effect of advanced school progression by age, I show that it accelerates the occurrence of family formation and sexual onset among teenage women in Mexico. Focusing on girls aged 15-17 interviewed by a national survey, I find that those who progress through school ahead of their

SUBMITTER: Caudillo ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6939893 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature