Children of Single Parent Families: How They Fare as Young Adults

Mueller, Daniel P.; Cooper, Philip W.

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“…Considerable research has shown that individuals who come from disrupted families are at greater risk of experiencing disruption in their own marriages (Amato, 1996;Bumpass, Martin, & Sweet, 1991;Glenn & Shelton, 1983;Kulka & Weingarten, 1979;Mueller & Cooper, 1986). Many of the documented differences between those from intact and disrupted marriages suggest that the emotional quality of family life, both before and after the divorce or separation, may foreshadow the offspring's later marital experience.…”

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Family Ties and the Discontinuity of Divorce in Black and White Newlywed Couples

Timmer¹,

Veroff²

2000

J of Marriage and Family

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This paper explores the relationship of family ties to the marital happiness of husbands and wives from intact and disrupted families of origin and to the likelihood that they will divorce by the 4th year of their marriage. Respondents were 199 Black and 173 White couples interviewed as part of the ''Early Years of Marriage'' study. Analyses showed differences in family connectedness according to whether the family of origin was disrupted, and some variations by race were also evident. Regression analyses revealed that among all spouses, but especially among wives from divorced families, increased closeness to their husbands' families predicted increased happiness in their marriages. Hazard models showed that when husbands' or wives' parents were divorced or separated, couples' closeness to the husbands' family reduced their risk of divorce. Findings are discussed in the context of family systems theory and gender roles related to the forging of links with kin networks.This paper explores circumstances in kin networks that modify the negative effects of a disrupted

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Family Ties and the Discontinuity of Divorce in Black and White Newlywed Couples

Timmer¹,

Veroff²

2000

J of Marriage and Family

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“…Blanden & Gregg, 2004;Brown, 2010;Breen et al, 2009;Cavanagh & Huston, 2006;Crosnoe & Cavanagh, 2010;McLanahan & Sandefur, 1994). Abundant research has highlighted marked differences in outcomes for young people residing across various family structures (Bjorklund et al, 2007;Heard, 2007;Jeynes, 2006;Lampard, 2012;McLanahan, 1988;Mueller & Cooper, 1986;Song et al, 2012;Wallerstein & Blakeslee, 1989) and has identified the occurrence of changes to family structure as a key determinant of life outcomes (Brown, 2006;Pong & Ju, 2000;Song et al, 2012). For example, compared with those residing in two-parent households, young people living in lone-parent households are more likely to become lone parents themselves (McLanahan, 1988;Mueller & Cooper, 1986) and are less likely to form lasting relationships with their partners (Wallerstein & Blakeslee, 1989).…”

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Family structure instability and the educational persistence of young people in England

Hampden‐Thompson

Galindo

2015

British Educational Res J

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Research in the area of family structure and educational outcomes has often failed to account for instability in family structure. Furthermore, prior research in this area has been dominated by North American studies with a smaller body emerging from Europe. This study draws upon 10,783 young people and their parents from the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England to examine the association between family structure and family structure instability on post-16 educational persistence. Multivariate models indicate that family structure instability has a negative impact on educational persistence. After controlling for covariates, young people who had experienced family structure instability were 33% less likely to stay in education than young people who resided in married biological families during the four years prior to the end of compulsory schooling. The findings of this research provide evidence that young people who have experienced a change in family circumstances during these four years are potentially at risk of dropping out of school -this is the case irrespective of the nature of the change. Once covariates were accounted for, young people who resided in stable lone-parent households were just as likely as those in stable married biological families to continue to post-16 education. Analyses were also conducted to determine the educational persistence of young people from biological vs step-cohabitating families.

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“…Children of divorce also seem to be more likely to cohabit prior to marriage, which some have argued is associated with increased divorce rates (Bumpass, Sweet, and Cherlin 1989;Thornton 1991; but see Elwert 2007). In addition, compared with children from intact families, children of divorce attain less educational status, make less income, and have lower-level jobs, all of which combine to enhance the risk of divorce (Conger et al 1990;Mueller and Cooper 1986). In addition to these demographic factors, some work suggests that specific behaviors play a key role in potentiating the risk of divorce.…”

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Breaking Up is Hard to Do, Unless Everyone Else is Doing it Too: Social Network Effects on Divorce in a Longitudinal Sample Followed for 32 Years

2009

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Children of Single Parent Families: How They Fare as Young Adults

Cited by 72 publications

References 11 publications

Family Ties and the Discontinuity of Divorce in Black and White Newlywed Couples

Family Ties and the Discontinuity of Divorce in Black and White Newlywed Couples

Family structure instability and the educational persistence of young people in England

Breaking Up is Hard to Do, Unless Everyone Else is Doing it Too: Social Network Effects on Divorce in a Longitudinal Sample Followed for 32 Years

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