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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 16.
Published in final edited form as: AJS. 2010 Sep 1;116(2):543–582. doi: 10.1086/653835

Figure 1. The Behavioral Transition to Adulthood and Incarceration, 1955–2000.

Figure 1

Notes: Complete transitions include financial self-sufficiency, marriage, having a child, and completing education. Men are defined as self-sufficient if they have entered the labor force and have established independent residence. Women are defined as self-sufficient if they have entered the labor force or have established independent residence. Incarceration rates include state and federal prisons (U.S. Department of Justice 2004). Transition data taken from the U.S Census, IPUMS 1% sample in 1960, 1980, 2000.

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