Living Arrangements of Single-Mother Families: Variations, Transitions, and Child Development Outcomes.

Autor/inn/en	Kalil, Ariel; DeLeire, Thomas; Jayakody, Rukmalie; Chin, Meejung
Institution	Chicago Univ., IL. Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies.
Titel	Living Arrangements of Single-Mother Families: Variations, Transitions, and Child Development Outcomes.
Quelle	(2001), (35 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Child Development; Cohabitation; Extended Family; Family Structure; Marital Status; Mothers; One Parent Family + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindesentwicklung; Lebensgemeinschaft; Großfamilie; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Familienstand; Mother; Mutter; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie
Abstract	Using a sample of 7,656 children observed over a 3-year period in the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), the paper documents the proportion of time children spend in various living arrangements and the number of transitions among them. It focuses on four types of living arrangements for children: living with a married mother; coresiding with a single mother and her parents; cohabiting with a single mother and her male partner; and living with a single mother who is neither coresiding nor cohabiting. A substantial number of children experience coresiding and cohabiting arrangements, and approximately 11 percent of the children experience at least one transition. Results suggest that living with a single mother or living in a cohabiting arrangement is associated with poorer child development outcomes relative to living in married mother arrangements. In contrast, children in coresiding arrangements do not have poorer outcomes relative to children in married mother arrangements. (Contains 35 references.) (Author/SM)
Anmerkungen	University of Chicago, Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, 1155 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL. Tel: 703-702-8400. For full text: http://www.harrisschool.uchicago.edu/wp/date.html.
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