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Beyond the Two-Parent Family: How Teenagers Fare in Cohabiting Couple and Blended Families


  Author: Sandi Nelson, Rebecca L. Clark, Gregory Acs
Publisher: The Urban Institute
Publication: New Federalism: National Survey of America's Families, series B, no.B-31
Document Date:                  May 01, 2001
Category: Family Structure > Stepfamilies
Related Categories:
Family Structure > Household Characteristics
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
Family Structure > Parental Marital Status
Parenthood/Childrearing > Cohabiting Parents
Parenthood/Childrearing > Stepparenting
 

This paper explores the relationship between teens' living arrangements and their behavioural outcomes. It categorizes the effects of cohabiting and stepparent homes alongside those of single-parent families, and argues that teens living with biological, married parents fare better than teens in other living arrangements.

 

 

 

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