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Title: Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps
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McLanahan, Sara S. Sandefur, Gary D. |
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Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1994 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Harvard University Press Keyword(s): Childbearing; Children; Children, Home Environment; College Enrollment; College Graduates; Control; Economic Well-Being; Family Environment; Family Structure; High School Completion/Graduates; Labor Force Participation; Marriage; Parents, Single; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. ...We base our conclusions on evidence taken from four nationally representative data sets, including three longitudinal surveys and a fourth survey with retrospective data on children's living arrangements growing up. (Each of these data sets, including the major variables, is described in detail in Appendix A.) We examine a wide variety of child outcomes, including high school grades and graduation, college attendance and graduation, early childbearing and marriage, and early labor force attachment. While this set of outcomes does not cover all aspects of well-being, we believe it is a good indicator of a child's chances of economic success in adulthood, defined as being able to support oneself at a standard of living above the poverty line and being able to maintain a steady income throughout the year and from one year to the next. While economic independence and security are not the only measures of success, in a market-oriented economy such as ours they are fundamental. Without some degree of economic independence, a person is unlikely to achieve high self-esteem or a sense of control over her life (psychological success). Nor is she likely to command the respect of her peers (social success). Financial dependence and insecurity also make it harder to achieve family stability and community cohesion, other indicators of social success... |
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McLanahan, Sara S. and Gary D. Sandefur. Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1994. |