New Estimates on the Effect of Parental Separation on Child Health

Shirley H. Liu () and Frank Heiland ()
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Shirley H. Liu: University of Miami, Department of Economics
Frank Heiland: Florida State University, Department of Economics and Center for Demography and Population Health

Chapter Chapter 8 in Causal Analysis in Population Studies, 2009, pp 167-199 from Springer

Abstract: While marriage remains the most common foundation of family life in the U.S., the prominence of the traditional process of family formation, namely marriage before having children, is diminishing. Today, more than one-third of all births in the U.S. occur outside of marriage (Martin et al. 2006). Although most unmarried parents are romantically involved when their child is born (Carlson et al. 2004), many separate before their child reaches age three (Osborne and McLanahan 2006). While the consequences of marital dissolution on children have been studied extensively,1 the effect of separation of never-married parents on child wellbeing has rarely been examined.

Keywords: Propensity Score; Ordinary Little Square; Child Wellbeing; Romantic Relationship; Child Outcome (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9967-0_8

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