Residential father family type and child well-being: Investment versus selection
Residential father family type and child well-being: Investment versus selection
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DOI：
10.1353/dem.2006.0006
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发表时间：
2006-02-01
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Hofferth, SL
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作者：
Hofferth, SL
这项研究将居住在生物和非生物的已婚和未婚父母与3-12岁儿童的认知成就和行为问题联系起来，控制使这些家庭不同的因素。这些数据来自1997年收入动态小组研究的儿童发展补充资料。成就差异与父亲的家庭结构本身无关，但与不同家庭的人口和经济因素有关。相反，即使在控制了可测量和不可测量的因素后，行为问题仍与家庭结构有关。除了已婚亲生父母家庭外，所有家庭类型的儿童都表现出较高的行为问题水平。父亲和母亲的参与时间解释了一些家庭行为问题的差异。虽然在混合家庭的儿童往往比那些没有在混合家庭中实现较低的水平，在混合家庭中的继子女实现的水平，相当于那些半兄弟姐妹。最后，混合家庭的儿童往往比非混合家庭的儿童有更少的行为问题。
This research links residence with biological and nonbiological married and unmarried parents to the cognitive achievement and behavioral problems of children aged 3-12, con trolling for factors that make such families different. The data were drawn from the 1997 Child Development Supplement to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Achievement differences were not associated with father family structure per se, but with demographic and economic factors that differ across families. In contrast, behavioral problems were linked to family structure even after controls for measured and unmeasured factors were included. Children in all family types except the married-biological-parent family showed higher levels of behavioral problems. Paternal and maternal engagement time explained some of the differences in behavioral problems across families. Although children in blended families tended to achieve at lower levels than those not in blended families, stepchildren in blended families achieved at levels, comparable to those of half-siblings. Finally, children in blended families tended to have fewer behavioral problems than those not in blended families.