Parental divorce and outcomes for children
Evidence and Interpretation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2234616 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Máire Ní Bhrolcháin (0000-0001-5128-9164, corresponding author), M Bhrolchain |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 67-91 |
| Publication date | 2000-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-7215 • E-ISSN: 1468-2672 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/esr/16.1.67 |
| OpenAlex | W2145054959 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 31 |
Using longitudinal data from the UK National Child Development Study (NCDS) 1958 Birth Cohort), we examine the association, net of pre-disruption background factors, between the experience of family disruption between ages 7 and 16 and later experience of a range of outcomes usually considered adverse: early school leaving, leaving home early, teenage first partnership, early entry into parenthood, and extra-marital fertility. Logistic regression analyses indicate that some of these outcomes are more frequent among the children of disrupted families are not distinctive: except for leaving school at the minimum age, characteristic of a majority of all family types in this cohort, all of the outcomes examined here are experienced by a minority of children in all family groups. Furthermore, the associations observed may not be interpreted as indicating that family disruption causes a greater risk of the outcomes studies. The NCDs, though large and rich in detail compared with many other data sources, is nevertheless incomplete in crucial respects, and so many key alternative hypotheses cannot be tested. As a result, a selective origin to the findings cannot be ruled out. Causal inference needs to proceed with particular care in this area.
Causal inference · Cohort · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economics · Family planning · Fertility · General partnership · Logistic regression · Marital status · National Child Development Study · National Longitudinal Surveys · National Survey of Family Growth · Political science · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology
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Effects of Parental Separation and Reentry into Union on the Emotional Well-Being of Children
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The Causal Devolution
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| Citations per year | 0.76 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |