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Title: Against the Tide: Household Structure, Opportunities, and Outcomes among White and Minority Youth
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1. Hill, Carolyn J.
Holzer, Harry J.
Chen, Henry
Against the Tide: Household Structure, Opportunities, and Outcomes among White and Minority Youth
Presented: Washington, DC, Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center, NLSY97 Tenth Anniversary Conference, May 29-30, 2008.
Also: http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu/Research/conferences/NLSYConf/pdf/kaestner.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Family Income; Home Environment; Household Structure; Human Capital; Neighborhood Effects; Racial Differences; Statistical Analysis

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In this chapter [3]we examine household structure and its statistical relationship with observed outcomes among youth. Using information from the NLSY97, we show the range of household structures youth lived in when they were twelve years old, and how these differ by race. We show how household structure is correlated with other important characteristics of families and households, such as family income and parental education. Next, the chapter presents estimates of the statistical associations between household structure and the outcomes that were introduced in Chapter 2 in areas of employment, education, and risky behaviors. These are based on regression equations that control for many characteristics of the young people and their mothers, including some that have been "unobserved" in previous work.

In this chapter [4], we further explore three types of household characteristics that are likely to be correlated both with household structure and with the employment, educational, and behavioral outcomes we examine. They are measures of: (1) human capital enrichment; (2) parenting and home environment; and (3) neighborhood characteristics.

Using information from a subset of the NLSY97, we first show how measures in each of the three categories are associated with household structure. Next, we present 29 regression models similar to those shown in Chapter 3, now adding these three types of household characteristics. We show how the estimated effects of household structure differ once these characteristics are included in the models. We also show the joint influence of each of these three categories of variables on the outcomes.

Bibliography Citation
Hill, Carolyn J., Harry J. Holzer and Henry Chen. "Against the Tide: Household Structure, Opportunities, and Outcomes among White and Minority Youth." Presented: Washington, DC, Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center, NLSY97 Tenth Anniversary Conference, May 29-30, 2008.