Erratum to: Changing Lone Parents, Changing Life Courses

Bernardi, Laura; Mortelmans, Dimitri; Larenza, Ornella

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63295-7_16

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“…Because of well-documented social disparities in the accumulation of wealth by family structure (e.g., Bernardi & Mortelmans, 2018 ; Heintz-Martin & Langmeyer, 2019 ; Raley & Sweeney, 2020 ), we expected post-separation families to be more likely to have household debt compared to two-parent families. This hypothesis was partially fulfilled because we observed that only single parents, but not stepfamilies, were less likely to report having debt compared to two-parent families, which is in line with prior findings on the heightened poverty risk of single mothers (e.g., Chzhen & Bradshaw, 2012 ).…”

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“…For the purpose of this study, we restricted our subsample to mothers with children aged 4 to 17 years in their households because responses on key indicators in our analyses were only provided by mothers (e.g., household debt) and for children of these ages (e.g., child adjustment). Another reason to select mothers only was our focus on disparities by family structure, which vary substantially by gender (Bernardi & Mortelmans, 2018 ). For example, the vast majority of single-parent households were female-headed in our data (about 87%).…”

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“…Short-term debt is often made in order to pay for daily goods, smaller consumer goods, sudden, more pricey purchase, which tend to be more common in lower-income and financially-strained households (Pfeiffer et al, 2016 ). The degree to which families are affected by financial strain has shown to vary considerably by family structure (e.g., Bernardi & Mortelmans, 2018 ; Brady & Burroway, 2012 ; Heintz-Martin & Langmeyer, 2019 ) through at least two mechanisms (Umberson & Thomeer, 2020 ). First, and due to social selection into marriage, healthier and wealthier individuals are more likely to marry and to remain married.…”

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“…To fill these research gaps, the aims of our study are twofold. First, we examine the distribution of debt across families by family structure because rates of economic strain are particularly high among post-separation families (Bernardi & Mortelmans, 2018 ; Chzhen & Bradshaw, 2012 ; Raley & Sweeney, 2020 ). Second, we focus on the adverse ripple effects household debt may have on families by examining the unique pathways between the perceived psychological burden related to having household debt and parents’ well-being, their parenting practices, and child adjustment.…”

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Household Debt, Maternal Well-Being, and Child Adjustment in Germany: Examining the Family Stress Model by Family Structure

2021

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The amount of household debt tripled globally over the last decades and a sizable share of individuals and families are overindebted due to mortgages, credit cards, or consumer debt. Yet research on the distribution of debt across families, and potential ripple effects of the psychological burden related to debt on well-being and family relations, remains sparse. Our study aims to fill these gaps by examining the socio-demographic profiles of families that have accumulated household debt and the unique role that the psychological burden related to debt plays on associations between mothers’ well-being, parental dynamics, and child adjustment based on the Family Stress Model (FSM). We used representative survey data collected in 2019 from Germany (N = 3271), which is one of the richest economies worldwide, yet about 10% of adults reported to be overindebted. Logistic regression results showed that single mothers were less likely to have debt compared to mothers in two-parent families. However, both single mothers and mothers in stepfamilies with high levels of perceived economic strain were particularly likely to report having debt. Structural equation modeling yielded that the links between the psychological burden of debt, maternal well-being, parental dynamics, and child adjustment were largely in line with the FSM, except for single mothers. We conclude that persisting financial disparities by family structure may be partially fostered by unique characteristics of the German welfare state, such as promoting more a traditional two-parent norm, and discuss our findings in light of practical implications.

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Household Debt, Maternal Well-Being, and Child Adjustment in Germany: Examining the Family Stress Model by Family Structure

2021

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“…The landscape of family forms and living arrangements with and without children is changing rapidly in Switzerland similar to the trends in many other Western nations (Bernardi et al 2018;Sánchez Gassen and Perelli-Harris 2015;Goldschneider et al 2015). Steady increases in divorce rates and non-marital childbirth across many European countries have, among other reasons, led to growing numbers of lone parents and blended families.…”

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Are “Part-Time Parents” Healthier and Happier Parents? Correlates of Shared Physical Custody in Switzerland

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2021

European Studies of Population

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Changing legal and parental practices across Europe led to a higher share of parents practicing shared physical custody (SPC) upon separation, who tended to be more affluent and less conflict-ridden. Since SPC became more prevalent, profiles of SPC parents pluralized. Far from these developments, no clearly defined legal pathways toward SPC existed in Switzerland before 2017. Profiling the Swiss case, we examine the prevalence of SPC families, and its associations with parental health and well-being before these legislative changes. Among 875 separated parents of 1,269 minors, SPC (i.e., child alternates between parental homes at least 30% of the time) was practiced by about 11% of the sample. A higher share of SPC parents was highly-educated, yet more financially strained compared to other parents. Although no overall differences in health and well-being emerged between SPC and other separated parents (e.g., with sole custody), SPC-health-linkages varied by gender and education. We conclude that lacking institutional support for SPC and gender-biased employment practices reinforce traditional custody models. Because of costly childcare and more skewed time splits among Swiss SPC parents, SPC may represent more of a resource drain—at least economically—than a relief for the parent shouldering more care duties and expenses.

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Erratum to: Changing Lone Parents, Changing Life Courses

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Household Debt, Maternal Well-Being, and Child Adjustment in Germany: Examining the Family Stress Model by Family Structure

Household Debt, Maternal Well-Being, and Child Adjustment in Germany: Examining the Family Stress Model by Family Structure

Are “Part-Time Parents” Healthier and Happier Parents? Correlates of Shared Physical Custody in Switzerland

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