The level of educational attainment of 1988 eighth-graders was related to whether they became parents before 2000. Twenty-nine percent of females and 35 percent of males who became parents in high school did not complete their high school education. Females who did not have a child before 2000 were more likely to have received a bachelor's degree or higher compared to those who had a child during or after high school (44 percent vs. 2 percent and 15 percent, respectively). Likewise, males who did not father a child before 2000 were more likely to have received a bachelor's degree or higher compared to those who had a child during or after high school (36 percent vs. 4 percent and 9 percent, respectively). A higher percentage of 1988 female eighth-graders earned a bachelor's degree or higher by 2000 compared to their male peers (32 percent vs. 27 percent). Similarly, females who had a child after high school were more likely than males who had a child after high school to have received a bachelor's degree or higher (15 percent vs. 9 percent).