ERIC Number: EJ765996
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jul
Pages: 14
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Divorce in Families of Children with Down Syndrome: A Population-Based Study
Urbano, Richard C.; Hodapp, Robert M.
American Journal on Mental Retardation, v112 n4 p261-274 July 2007
In this study, we examined the nature, timing, and correlates of divorce in families of children with Down syndrome (647), other birth defects (10,283) and no identified disability (361,154). Divorce rates among families of children with Down syndrome were lower than in the other two groups. When divorce did occur in the Down syndrome group, however, a higher proportion occurred within the first 2 years after the child's birth. Mothers and fathers of children with Down syndrome were much more likely to divorce if they were younger, had not graduated from high school, and if fathers were less educated and lived in a rural area. Few effects on divorce were noted for a variety of family structure variables.
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Family Structure, Fathers, Divorce, Down Syndrome, Incidence, Congenital Impairments, Comparative Analysis, Children, Parent Child Relationship, Predictor Variables, Age Differences, Educational Attainment, Mothers, Gender Differences, Place of Residence
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Language: English
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