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ERIC Number: EJ661628
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Who's in the House? Race Differences in Cohabitation, Single Parenthood, and Child Development.
Dunifon, Rachel; Kowaleski-Jones, Lori
Child Development, v73 n4 p1249-64 Jul-Aug 2002
This study examined how family structure affected children's delinquency and math test scores, parenting practices as a mediator, and racial differences in these effects. Findings indicated that single parenthood related to reduced well-being among European American children, but not African American children. Cohabitation related to greater delinquency among African American children, and lower math scores among European American children. Parenting did not mediate links between family structure and children's outcomes. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Black Students, Child Development, Children, Cohabitation, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency, Family Structure, Mathematics Achievement, One Parent Family, Racial Differences, Well Being, White Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans