Eight-year Changes in Adolescent Self-rated Health and Life Satisfaction in Relation to Living Arrangement

Abstract

This study analyzes the associations between living arrangements after a parental separation, and the adolescent's selfrated health and life satisfaction in French-speaking Belgium. Data are based on 39,294 adolescents who participated in the three waves of the cross-sectional HBSC survey. Among adolescents living with separated parents, the self-rated health was not associated with living arrangements after adjustment for the perception of family wealth and the ability to communicate with parents. Adolescent's life satisfaction was not associated with living arrangement when controlled for perceived family wealth in 2014 and controlled for quality of communication with parents in 2010 and 2018.