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Title: Diverse Family Living Situations and Child Development: A Multilevel Analysis Comparing Longitudinal Evidence from Britain and the United States
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1. Joshi, Heather
Cooksey, Elizabeth C.
Wiggins, Richard D.
McCulloch, Andrew
Verropoulou, Georgia
Clarke, Lynda
Diverse Family Living Situations and Child Development: A Multilevel Analysis Comparing Longitudinal Evidence from Britain and the United States
In: Education, Family and Population Dynamics. M. Cosio, R. Marcoux, M. Pilon, and A. Quesnel, eds. Paris, France: Committee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography (CICRED), 2003: pp. 329-356
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Commitee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography (CICRED)
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Britain, British; Children, Well-Being; Cross-national Analysis; Fathers, Absence; Human Capital Theory; Marital Status; NCDS - National Child Development Study (British); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading)

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This study uses national data from both Great Britain and the United States to examine the relationship between children's family history and their educational and behavioral development. We use a multivariate, multi-level modeling strategy to estimate heterogeneity both within and between families. Our results show that associations between family living situations and children's wellbeing appear to be mediated by levels of human, financial and social capital available to children. Contrary to expectations, we found no evidence that children with non-traditional family living experiences are any more likely to be negatively impacted in Britain than across the Atlantic where diverse living arrangements are more widespread.
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Joshi, Heather, Elizabeth C. Cooksey, Richard D. Wiggins, Andrew McCulloch, Georgia Verropoulou and Lynda Clarke. "Diverse Family Living Situations and Child Development: A Multilevel Analysis Comparing Longitudinal Evidence from Britain and the United States" In: Education, Family and Population Dynamics. M. Cosio, R. Marcoux, M. Pilon, and A. Quesnel, eds. Paris, France: Committee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography (CICRED), 2003: pp. 329-356