Multiracial Children's Experiences of Family Instability

Choi, Kate H.; Goldberg, Rachel

doi:10.1111/jomf.12763

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“…Children from interracial unions may be more likely to be exposed to family instability, such as the result of parental separation or divorce. Choi & Goldberg [42] drew data from the 2006-2019 National Survey of Family Growth, which included 15,369 children born in first marriages and 8612 children born in first cohabitations to non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic parents. Their results indicated that children born to Hispanic-Hispanic married parents were less likely than other monoracial children to experience family transitions.…”

Section: Children In Interracial Familiesmentioning

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Adverse Childhood Experiences in Latinx Families: A Comparison between Intraracial and Interracial Families

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Racial/ethnic minorities are prone to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), posing a concern over social justice. However, the influence of interracial family structure has been rarely discussed. Considering that 26% of Hispanic individuals form interracial marriages in the U.S., we need to examine whether interracial family structure matters for ACEs disparities in Latinx families. We hypothesized that there were differences in ACEs between intraracial and interracial families in the Latinx population. A Latinx sample was collected from the Fragile Family and Child Well-being Studies with 1113 children of two Latinx parents and 397 children of interracial parents (e.g., White mother/Latinx father, Black mother/Latinx father, Latinx mother/White father, Latinx mother/Black father). Negative binomial models revealed a higher overall ACEs score among children in interracial families (β = 0.54, p < 0.05). Compared to children with two Latinx parents, children in each interracial family group were prone to higher risks of different ACEs. For example, children with Latinx mothers and Black fathers were more likely to experience parental separation (OR = 2.33), household material hardship (OR = 1.64), physical abuse (OR = 6.01), and psychological abuse (OR = 3.49) than children in intraracial Latinx families. Based on our findings, we call for culturally responsive ACEs prevention and intervention that consider the unique stressors of interracial families, to promote the health and well-being of racial/ethnic minorities.

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Section: Children In Interracial Familiesmentioning

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Adverse Childhood Experiences in Latinx Families: A Comparison between Intraracial and Interracial Families

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“…We exclude couples in same-sex marriages because they were not federally recognized before 2015. We limit our analyses to marriages with a duration of fewer than five years because interracial unions generally dissolve at higher rates than same-race unions (Choi and Goldberg 2021;Zhang and Van Hook 2009). By focusing on recent marriages, we reduce biases resulting from stability differences between same-race and interracial unions.…”

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Interracial Couples and Intergenerational Coresidence: The Role of Race/Ethnicity

Choi,

Yahirun

2024

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A sizeable share of interracial couples continue to report experiencing family opposition. However, few studies have empirically investigated whether intermarrying weakens ties with one’s kin and reduces exchanges between interracial couples and their family of origin. We examine whether interracial couples are less likely than same-race couples to live with an aging parent. We also investigate the role of each spouse’s race in shaping whether interracial couples reside with the wife’s or husband’s parents. Using data from the 2008-2022 American Community Surveys, we estimate logistic regression models to predict the odds of living with an aging parent. Next, we estimate multinomial logistic regression models to predict the competing risk of living with the wife's parents or husband's parents over the risk of living without an aging parent. Our study shows that interracial couples’ odds of living with any aging parents fall in between those of their same-race counterparts. Among White/Black couples, the risk of living with the parents of the White spouse exceeds the risk of living with the parents of the Black spouse. Among Black/Hispanic and White/Hispanic couples, the risk of living with the parent of the Hispanic spouse exceeds the risk of living with the parents of the other partner. Our findings detract from the view that intermarrying systematically weakens ties with the family of origin and reduces access to family support. Nonetheless, it also shows that race/ethnicity is an important correlate of interracial couples’ family exchange behavior.

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“…Indeed, these disparities begin at birth, with multiracial infants of mixed white/nonwhite couples having lower birth weights than their white peers, although these patterns are shaped by which parent is white and most research often focuses solely on comparisons with Black/white biracial children (Choi and Reichman 2019). Multiracial children born to cohabitating but unmarried parents also experience higher levels of family instability relative to their monoracial counterparts (Choi and Goldberg 2021). In families headed by a single mother, multiracial children experience higher levels of poverty than their white peers with single mothers (Bratter and Damaske 2013).…”

Section: Multiracial Populationsmentioning

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Educational Trajectories and Outcomes of Multiracial College Students

Mitchell

Warren

2022

Social Sciences

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Although higher education research has identified racial/ethnic disparities in college enrollment and degree completion, few studies investigate the educational outcomes of multiracial students relative to monoracial student groups. This paper begins to fill this gap and aims to open a conversation about the precarious state of data collection and empirical research on the growing multiracial population. Using several waves from the Educational Longitudinal Study (ELS) and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), we center multiracial college students in our empirical analysis, which investigates the following questions: (1) how do enrollment rates and patterns of enrollment based on institutional type differ, if at all, for multiracial college students relative to monoracial college students? and (2) how does retention and overall degree attainment differ between multiracial and monoracial groups of college students? Our analyses identify several trends that suggest that multiracial people enroll in college at significantly lower rates, are more likely to enroll in private colleges and universities and four-year institutions, and are less likely to earn bachelor’s degrees relative to other racial groups.

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Multiracial Children's Experiences of Family Instability

Cited by 7 publications

References 44 publications

Adverse Childhood Experiences in Latinx Families: A Comparison between Intraracial and Interracial Families

Adverse Childhood Experiences in Latinx Families: A Comparison between Intraracial and Interracial Families

Interracial Couples and Intergenerational Coresidence: The Role of Race/Ethnicity

Educational Trajectories and Outcomes of Multiracial College Students

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