The article “The Effects of Attitudes on Teenage Premarital Pregnancy and its Resolution” seeks to answer the question of how the influence of attitudes and personality variables increases the probability of teenage premarital pregnancy and once the pregnancy occurs what is the resolution. In the 1980’s teenage premarital pregnancy emerged as a national concern and remains the topic of debates because it violates social norms. The amount of public assistance is a negative consequence of the epidemic of young unwed mothers. According to the article, substantial tax dollars are spent for income support, health care, and social services. Finding the answer to what causes premarital pregnancy could help to determine what changes in society could be made to alleviate the need for public assistance and improve the negative focus of premarital teenage pregnancy and pregnancy resolution.
Two sociological theories of social behavior are addressed in the article to decipher sexual behaviors of teenagers. The problem behavior theory defines behaviors that deviate from both social and legal norms. It consists of three components, personal belief structure, motivational-instigational structure and personal control …show more content…
Plotnick used information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and analyzed the information using the nested logit method. The benefit of the nested logit method is the ease of estimation, interpretation and the ability to add and remove choice alternatives since it is a statistical method. The two stage method analyzes the probability of becoming pregnant and the resolution of that pregnancy using independent variables of attitudes and family background characteristics. The disadvantages suggest equal competition between all sets of substitutions. Consequently, the method only uses a limited number of attitude variables and does not address the frequency of premarital sexual behavior or the effects of contraceptive
Two sociological theories of social behavior are addressed in the article to decipher sexual behaviors of teenagers. The problem behavior theory defines behaviors that deviate from both social and legal norms. It consists of three components, personal belief structure, motivational-instigational structure and personal control …show more content…
Plotnick used information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and analyzed the information using the nested logit method. The benefit of the nested logit method is the ease of estimation, interpretation and the ability to add and remove choice alternatives since it is a statistical method. The two stage method analyzes the probability of becoming pregnant and the resolution of that pregnancy using independent variables of attitudes and family background characteristics. The disadvantages suggest equal competition between all sets of substitutions. Consequently, the method only uses a limited number of attitude variables and does not address the frequency of premarital sexual behavior or the effects of contraceptive