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Simplicity and Complexity in the Effects of Parental Structure on High School Graduation

Author(s) -

Roger A. Wojtkiewicz

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2061814

Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , national longitudinal surveys , marital status , affect (linguistics) , psychology , simplicity , developmental psychology , demography , demographic economics , social psychology , population , sociology , economics , mathematics , philosophy , geometry , communication , epistemology

As more and more children experience nonintact families because of nonmarital birth or parental marital disruption, researchers have paid more attention to whether nonintact family experiences have negative effects on later life. This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to consider how experiences of parental structure affect chances of high school graduation. The study shows that the negative effects of parental structure are simpler than theoretical notions might suggest.

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