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Parental Divorce in Childhood and Demographic Outcomes in Young Adulthood


  Author: Andrew J. Cherlin, Kathleen Kiernan, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale
Publisher: John Hopkins University
Publication:
Document Date:                  1995
Category: Marriage > Marriage Rate
Related Categories:
Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
Divorce and Remarriage > Impact of Divorce on Children
Divorce and Remarriage > Parental Divorce
Family Relations > Conflict
Family Structure > Cohabitation/Common-Law Marriage
 

This study found that young adults whose parents divorced were more likely to leave home due to conflict, be involved in cohabiting relationships, and to have a child out of wedlock than those whose parents were married.  However, it also found that parental divorce did not affect young adults' rates of marriage, or their likelihood of having a child within marriage.

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