High Educational Aspirations Among Pregnant Adolescents Are Related to Pregnancy Unwantedness and Subsequent Parenting Stress and Inadequacy

On the basis of theories of maternal identity development, role conflict, and childbearing motivation, the authors tested whether high educational aspirations among pregnant adolescents are related to the unwantedness of the pregnancy and whether pregnancy unwantedness leads to subsequent parenting stress and inadequacy. Longitudinal data from 100 first‐time‐pregnant, unmarried Latina adolescents (M age = 17.3 years) were analyzed. Results from structural equation path modeling confirmed these associations, with strong educational ambitions related to greater unwantedness of the pregnancy, which led to feeling trapped by parenting at 6 months postpartum, which in turn was related to unaffectionate parenting and feeling inadequate in mothering at 1 year postpartum. The potential long‐term negative consequences of high educational aspirations for pregnant adolescents' adjustment to parenting are discussed.     

East African Population Census 1948 Some Problems of Planning

The effects of nonresponse can be reduced by simulating an increase in the number of recalls. The procedure consists in adding to the addresses of current surveys the nonresponse addresses from similar recent surveys.     

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in less precipitation in the Huaihe River valley. On the contrary, during negative index times, a weak summ     

Courage to Teach for Social Work Educators

Teaching social work is a science, an art form and a passion. Within that context, the purpose of this article is to explore teaching as a science/art, and to integrate the work of Parker Palmer into the scholarship of teaching and learning for social work education. Using the narratives of two ‘still learning’ social work educators, Palmer's work will be described and its application experiences shared. The article concludes by making a link between Palmer's ideas and social work education.     

我国城乡收入差距对实际经济增长的阈值效应(英文)

鉴于我国的城乡二元结构,本文使用泰尔指数度量和刻画我国的城乡收入差距及其变化特征。同时,本文设定了非线性阈值协整模型,以揭示我国改革开放以来城乡收入差距与实际经济增长的长期非线性关系。结果表明,长期非线性闽值关系在泰尔指数为0．100（阈值）处发生机制转移：1978—1991年,我国城乡收入差距对实际增长的长期效应为正;1992—1999年,收入差距对实际增长的效应由正向负平滑转换;1999年后,我国城乡收入差距对实际经济增长产生阻滞作用,且负效应呈逐年增加趋势。     

政社分工与合作：中国社区建设体制改革创新的根本要件

在计划经济时代,中国并不存在现代意义上的社区。市场经济体制的确立和单位制社会的解体,是中国社区建设得以开展的深刻背景。现行的社区建设体制,本质上属于政府的城市行政管理体制,是政府内部的行政权力与职能重新分配的结果,并未改变“政社不分”的传统社会体制的结构性缺陷。在构建和谐社会的新阶段,该体制已难以承担社区的社会发展、社会民主、社会治理与社会服务的制度角色。社区建设体制改革与创新的必由之路在于,切实转变政府的社会职能,积极培育民间社会组织,建立现代公共财政体系,努力构建政府与社会的分工合作体制。