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Source: Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah

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1.	Dunifon, Rachel Kowaleski-Jones, Lori
1.	Family Structure and Child Well-Being: Examining the Role of Parental Social Connections Working Paper, Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah, October 2003 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah Keyword(s): Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Delinquency/Gang Activity; Family Income; Family Structure; Family, Extended; Grandparents; Household Composition; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Social Contacts/Social Network; Welfare Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examines the role of parental social connections in accounting for subgroup differences in the influence of family structure on children. Our previous work found that white, but not black, children were negatively influenced by living in a singleparent family (Dunifon and Kowaleski-Jones, 2002). This paper examines whether parental social connections account for such differences in the influence of family structure on child well-being. Using data from the 1988 to 2000 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we estimate fixed effect models that suggest a key role for living with a grandparent in accounting for the race difference in the influence of single-parenthood on children. In contrast, visiting friends and relatives did not explain differences in the relationship between single-parenthood and child delinquency within sub-groups.
	Bibliography Citation Dunifon, Rachel and Lori Kowaleski-Jones. "Family Structure and Child Well-Being: Examining the Role of Parental Social Connections." Working Paper, Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah, October 2003.

2.	Kowaleski-Jones, Lori Dunifon, Rachel
2.	Children's Home Environments: Understanding the Role of Family Structure Changes Working Paper, Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City and Poverty Research and Training Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, September 2000 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah Keyword(s): Divorce; Family Studies; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Siblings Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Earlier version presented: Albuquerque, New Mexico, Biannual Meeting. Using data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) merged mother-child sample, we investigate the impact of two family events, parental divorce and the birth of a sibling, on the cognitive stimulation and emotional support provided to children in the home. We use fixed-effect regression techniques to control for unmeasured mother- and child-specific characteristics, and measure responses to these family changes before, during and after the events. We find that the effect of a new sibling on changes in the emotional support provided to children varies depending on when the event occurs, with births in the future associated with increased emotional support, and births in the present associated with decreased support. Additionally, we find that, after controlling for unmeasured variables, divorce does not have an adverse effect on the home environments of boys and girls; in fact, a divorce occurring in a previous time period is associated with greater emotional support provided to girls.
	Bibliography Citation Kowaleski-Jones, Lori and Rachel Dunifon. "Children's Home Environments: Understanding the Role of Family Structure Changes." Working Paper, Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City and Poverty Research and Training Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, September 2000.

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