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Background for Community-Level Work on Mental Health and Externalizing Disorders in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
This paper examines theories, antecedents, and preventions of adolescent mental health disorders, including anxiety, depression, drug and alcohol use, and eating disorders.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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December 2001
The Necessity of Marriage
This paper addresses why marriage is important for the foundation of a healthy, stable society.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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The Heritage Foundation
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October 20, 2003
Growing up: School, Family and Area Influences on Adolescents’ Later Life Chances
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper explores how the relationship between school, family, and location influences adolescents’ development and their adult economic outcomes.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
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September 01, 2001
What Do Adolescents Need for Healthy Development? Implications for Youth Policy
This report examines youth development and the ways in which adolescents' home, leisure, and school environments can either contribute to or hinder healthy development.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Society for Research in Child Development
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2000
Can Married Parents Prevent Crime?
This paper examines 23 peer-reviewed studies published between 2000 and 2005 that examine family structure and crime.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
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September 21, 2005
The Impact of Education and Training on the Labour Market Experiences of Young Adults
This paper discusses factors that affect the employment, earnings and educational opportunities and choices of young people.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Institute for Fiscal Studies
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April 20, 2000
Disruptive Events during the High School Years and Educational Attainment
This paper examines how high school attendance, dropout rates, and the pursuit of post-secondary education are affected by family structure and family relocation.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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August 01, 1998
The Effect of Neighborhood Characteristics on Young Adult Outcomes: Alternative Estimates
This paper examines the impact of neighbourhood composition on adult outcomes for young women and finds that past research on this subject overstates the effect of neighbourhood factors.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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September 01, 1996
Would Higher Tuition Fees Restrict Access to University Studies?
Using Quebec as an example, this paper argues that lowering tuition fees does not lead to increased enrolment in universities.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Montreal Economic Institute
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February 01, 2004
Background for Community-Level Work on Positive Reproductive Health in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
This report provides an extensive literature review of the individual, family, peer, partner, school, neighbourhood and societal factors that influence adolescents' sexual behaviour and reproductive health.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Child Trends
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December 01, 2001
Youth Assets and Sexual Risk Behavior: The Importance Of Assets for Youth Residing in One-Parent Households
This report explores the ways in which the sexual risk behaviour of youth in single-parent families is affected by their aspirations for the future, health practices, peer role models, and family communication.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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March 2005
Using Siblings to Investigate the Effects of Family Structure on Educational Attainment
This paper seeks to determine the extent to which family structure influences students' academic performance and educational choices.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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September 01, 1997
The Puzzle of Boys Educational Decline: A Review of the Evidence
This paper reviews past research on the growing inequalities between the academic perfomance and achievement of girls and boys.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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The Centre for Independent Studies
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November 18, 1999
Multi-Level Effects on Behavior Outcomes in Canadian Children
This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to compare the respective impact neighbourhood and family effects have on children’s physical and indirect forms of aggression.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Human Resources Development Canada
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May 01, 2001
Can We Learn from America
In this essay the authors examine the American youth crime data from the National Youth Survey.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Civitas
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February 2005
Family Structure, Early Sexual Behaviour, and Premarital Births
This paper discusses the perceived relationship between family structure and the risk of nonmarital childbearing, and looks at the way that this relationship can be mediated by the age of first sexual encounter.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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March 01, 1997
Evaluating Marriage: Does Marriage Matter to the Nurturing of Children?
This article shows that marriage is an institution worthy of state legal and financial support because of the positive effect marriage has on children.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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University of San Diego Law School
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October 12, 2005
Father Absence and Youth Incarceration
This study examines the effect of father absence on youths' risk of arrest and incarceration.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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March 01, 2004
The Busy Lives of Teens
This study examines the average number of daily hours Canadian teens spend on housework, paid work and school-related activities.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Statistics Canada
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May 2007
Family Change and Early Sexual Initiation
This paper investigates the influence of family structure on the age of a female's first sexual encounter.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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July 01, 1998
The Evolution of Kinship Care Policy and Practice
This article discusses the benefits and drawbacks of kinship foster care and emphasizes the need for a coherent government policy on this issue in order to ensure that children are receiving the best care possible.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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The Future of Children
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2004
Marriage and Government: Strange Bedfellows?
This paper discusses the role that government should play in promoting marriage.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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August 01, 2001
Variations in Child Development Outcomes Among Children Living in Lone-Parent Families
This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to document differences in developmental outcome variables between children living in lone-parent families and all other children.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Human Resources Development Canada
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October 01, 1998
Connected by 25: A Plan for Investing in Successful Futures for Foster Youth
This report discusses the unique challenges faced by young people growing up in foster care.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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The Youth Transition Funders Group Foster Care Work Group with the Finance Project
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2003
Canadian Attitudes on the Family
This survey asked a broad range of questions dealing with all aspects of the attitudes of Canadians toward marital and family satisfaction, work/family balance, taxation, family size, the impacts of cohabitation, divorce, same-sex marriage, parenting and the impact of children on marital satisfaction, and the significance of religion.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Focus on the Family (Canada)
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June 01, 2002
Reversing Teen Pregnancy and Single Parenthood
This article describes the current crisis of out-of-wedlock births, explains why this is a problem for children, and provides suggestions for how to promote childbearing within marriage.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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American Experiment Quarterly
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Summer 2001
Cohabitation and Marriage: How are they related?
This paper reports on marriage and cohabitation trends in Canada and provides a comparative analysis of these family structures.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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The Vanier Institute of the Family
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September 2005
Custody Arrangements and the Development of Emotional or Behavioral Problems in Children
This paper looks at the problems children may experience living in a post-divorce custody arrangement as opposed to those children living with both parents (married or common-law).
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Human Resources Development Canada
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October 01, 1998
Death and Divorce: The Long-Term Consequences of Parental Loss on Adolescents
This paper focuses on the impact of parental loss on children's futures by studying both the incomes and the marital and fertility behaviour of adults who, as adolescents, experienced parental divorce.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Statistics Canada
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June 09, 1999
High Conflict Divorce
This article documents the association between high conflict, violent parental divorce and emotional, behavioural and social problems in the children involved.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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The Future of Children
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Spring 1994
The Voice of the Child in Divorce, Custody, and Access Proceedings
This paper suggests ways that the provincial and federal governments can give children a greater voice in divorce, custody and access proceedings.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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Department of Justice Canada
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2002
The Kids Are Alright? Children’s Well-Being and the Rise in Cohabitation
Using data from the 1999 National Survey of America’s Families (NSAF), this article examines the relationship between cohabitation, poverty, food insecurity and the material well-being and socio-economic outcomes of children.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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The Urban Institute
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July 01, 2002
Life-Span Adjustment of Children to their Parents' Divorce
This article examines a variety of factors that determine how well children cope with the breakup of their parents' marriage.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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The Future of Children
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Spring 1994
The Role of the Father After Divorce
This article discusses the importance of and challenges to creating a meaningful role for fathers after a divorce.
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Category:
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
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The Future of Children
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Spring 1994
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