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- Title
Family Structure and Child Well-being: Integrating Family Complexity.
- Authors
Brown, Susan L.; Manning, Wendy D.; Stykes, J. Bart
- Abstract
Although children's family lives are diverse, the measurement of children's living arrangements has lagged, focusing on the relationships of children to parents while largely ignoring sibling composition. Using data from the 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation ( N = 23,985) the authors documented patterns of family complexity among a nationally representative sample of children ages 0-17 living in a range of family structures. They also examined the independent and joint associations of family structure and family complexity on child economic well-being. Family complexity was independently related to economic disadvantage, namely, a lower income-to-needs ratio and a higher likelihood of public assistance receipt. The role of family complexity was partially contingent on family structure, with the positive association between family complexity and receipt of public assistance more pronounced for children in families with 2 married biological parents. This study demonstrates the utility of integrating family structure and family complexity in studies of children's well-being.
- Subjects
FAMILY relations; FAMILIES &; psychology; MARRIED people &; psychology; FAMILY stability; FAMILY conflict; PSYCHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Marriage & Family, 2015, Vol 77, Issue 1, p177
- ISSN
0022-2445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jomf.12145