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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Behav Dev. 2015 Nov 22;41(2):165–174. doi: 10.1177/0165025415616199

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Developmental trajectories of adolescents’ educational expectations across the transition from pregnancy to parenthood.

Note. N = 191. Adolescents were on average 16.76 years at Wave 1, 17.72 years at Wave 2, 18.89 years at Wave 3, and 19.9 years at Wave 4. The description for the values on the y-axis are as follows: 10 (10 total years of school, Sophomore year of high school in the U.S.), 11 (11 total years of school, Junior year of high school in the U.S.), 12 (12 total years of school, High school completion), 13 (1 year post-secondary study), 14 (2 years post-secondary study / associate’s degree), 15 (3 years post-secondary study), 16 (4 years post-secondary study / bachelor’s degree), 17 (1 year professional/graduate study), and 18 (2 years professional/graduate study / master’s degree). Asterisks denote significance levels of trajectory slopes. ** p < .01. * p < .05.