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Title: On the Relationship Between Family Structure and Antisocial Behavior: Parental Cohabitation and Blended Households
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Apel, Robert John Kaukinen, Catherine |
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On the Relationship Between Family Structure and Antisocial Behavior: Parental Cohabitation and Blended Households Criminology 46,1 (February 2008): 35-70. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1745-9125.2008.00107.x/abstract Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: American Society of Criminology Keyword(s): Behavior, Antisocial; Cohabitation; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Family Formation; Family Structure; Heterogeneity; Household Composition; Parents, Non-Custodial Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In the last several decades, the American family has undergone considerable change, with less than half of all adolescents residing with two married biological parents. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, we construct an elaborate measure of family structure and find considerable heterogeneity in the risk of antisocial and delinquent behavior among groups of youth who reside in what are traditionally dichotomized as intact and nonintact families. In particular, we find that youth in "intact" families differ in important ways depending on whether the two biological parents are married or cohabiting and on whether they have children from a previous relationship. In addition, we find that youth who reside with a single biological parent who cohabits with a nonbiological partner exhibit an unusually high rate of antisocial behavior, especially if the custodial parent is the biological father. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Criminology is the property of Blackwell Publishing Limited and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. |
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Apel, Robert John and Catherine Kaukinen. "On the Relationship Between Family Structure and Antisocial Behavior: Parental Cohabitation and Blended Households." Criminology 46,1 (February 2008): 35-70.
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