Nonmarital Fertility, Family Structure, and the Early School Achievement of Young Children From Different Race/Ethnic and Immigration Groups

Crosnoe, Robert; Wildsmith, Elizabeth

doi:10.1080/10888691.2011.587721

Cited by 18 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 58 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Social approval theory suggests that families historically outside the norm of traditional legal marriage—such as same-sex unions and different-sex cohabitors—are stigmatized, which leads to stigma-driven stress in children and adults. Such stigma results in a reduction in social support, social respect, positive community and family environments, and access to services and programs (Crosnoe and Wildsmith 2011). In turn, same-sex families and different-sex cohabitors may lack access to the social and institutional mechanisms, such as state- and local-run marriage, and mental- and physical health–promoting services.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Family Structure and Child Health: Does the Sex Composition of Parents Matter?

et al. 2016

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The children of different-sex married couples appear to be advantaged on a range of outcomes relative to the children of different-sex cohabiting couples. Despite the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States, whether and how this general pattern extends to the children of same-sex married and cohabiting couples is unknown. This study examines this question with nationally representative data from the 2004–2013 pooled National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Results reveal that children in cohabiting households have poorer health outcomes than children in married households regardless of the sex composition of their parents. Children in same-sex and different-sex married households are relatively similar to each other on health outcomes, as are children in same-sex and different-sex cohabiting households. These patterns are not fully explained by socioeconomic differences among the four different types of families. This evidence can inform general debates about family structure and child health as well as and policy interventions aiming to reduce child health disparities.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Family Structure and Child Health: Does the Sex Composition of Parents Matter?

et al. 2016

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Although less often studied, Latinx family structure patterns seem to be similar to those of White families, with the exception that their cohabiting relationships tend to be more marriage-like and durable (Landale, Oropesa, & Bradatan, 2006; Osborne et al, 2003). Still, recent evidence suggests that family structure and instability tend to matter most for White youth (Crosnoe & Wildsmith, 2011; Fomby & Cherlin, 2007; Fomby, Mollborn, & Sennott, 2010). For example, family structure change is linked with age at sexual debut and the timing and martial context of childbearing for White but not Black women (Wu & Martinson, 1993; Wu & Thomson, 2001); associations among Latinas are less consistent.…”

Section: Conceptualizing Differential Impactmentioning

confidence: 99%

Family structure patterns from childhood through adolescence and the timing of cohabitation among diverse groups of young adult women and men.

Johnston¹,

Cavanagh²,

Crosnoe³

2020

Developmental Psychology

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Family structure changes experienced by children are likely to shape their transitions into young adulthood, including the formation of their own romantic relationships. This study examined links between children’s family structure trajectories from childhood through adolescence and their timing of entry into cohabitation as young adults, a transition with implications for future relationship instability through adulthood. Repeated measures latent class analysis identified configurations of family structures and family structure changes from birth through age 15 among 10,706 young people in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 Children and Young Adults. A Cox proportional hazard model then used the resulting classes to predict timing into cohabitation over the period from age 15 to age 38. Both timing of family structure transitions and the type of transitions (e.g., early transitioning into a stepfamily home) were associated with earlier entry into cohabitation. Notably, links between family structure trajectories and the timing of cohabitation differed by gender and race/ethnicity (Latinx, African American, White), such as a faster entry into cohabitation by women who experienced early entry into stepfamily structures. Regardless of gender, Latinx and White young adults were faster to enter into cohabitation if they lived in a stepfamily structure during early childhood.

show abstract

“…In recent years, research linking family structure and children's educational outcomes has done a great deal to elucidate how family disparities can create educational inequalities (Crosnoe and Wildsmith, 2011). Children living in a nuclear family achieve more academically than those living in other types of family structure (single-parent or blended family; Fernández et al, 2010; Córdoba et al, 2011).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Academic Failure and Child-to-Parent Violence: Family Protective Factors

Ibabe

2016

Front. Psychol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A reduction in academic achievement over the course of adolescence has been observed. School failure is characterized by difficulties to teaching school goals. A variety of other behavioral problems are often associated with school failure. Child-to-parent violence has been associated with different school problems. The main objective of current study was to examine the contribution of family variables (parental education level, family cohesion, and positive family discipline) on academic failure and child-to-parent violence of adolescents from a community sample. Moreover, a goal was to explore if academic failure was a valid predictor of child-to-parent violence. To this end, it has been developed a comprehensive statistical model through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Participants were 584 children from eight secondary schools in the Basque Country (Spain) and aged between 12 and 18. Among other scales Conflict Tactics Scale and Family Environment Scale were administrated for measuring child-to-parent violence and family cohesion environment, respectively. The structural model revealed that parental education level is a relevant protective factor against academic failure. Positive family discipline (inductive discipline, supervision, and penalty) show a significant association with child-to-parent violence and academic failure. Disciplinary practices could be more efficient to prevent child-to-parent violence or school failure if children perceive a positive environment in their home. However, these findings could be explained by inverse causality, because some parents respond to child-to-parent violence or academic failure with disciplinary strategies. School failure had indirect effects on child-to-parent violence through family cohesion. For all that, education policies should focus on parental education courses for disadvantaged families in order to generate appropriate learning environments at home and to foster improvement of parent-child relationships.

show abstract

Nonmarital Fertility, Family Structure, and the Early School Achievement of Young Children From Different Race/Ethnic and Immigration Groups

Cited by 18 publications

References 58 publications

Family Structure and Child Health: Does the Sex Composition of Parents Matter?

Family Structure and Child Health: Does the Sex Composition of Parents Matter?

Family structure patterns from childhood through adolescence and the timing of cohabitation among diverse groups of young adult women and men.

Academic Failure and Child-to-Parent Violence: Family Protective Factors

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About