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Family Structure and Community Context: Evaluating Influences on Adolescent Outcomes
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Kowaleski-Jones, Lori; Dunifon, Rachel – Youth & Society, 2006
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth merged mother-child file, this article examines the relationship between living in four different family structures on key measures of youth well-being, studied separately by race. The authors also examine whether contextual factors mediate these associations. For Black youth, we find no…
Descriptors: Family Structure, Well Being, National Surveys, Longitudinal Studies