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| Title |
Family Structure and Child Health: Does the Sex Composition of Parents Matter?
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| Published in |
Demography, August 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s13524-016-0501-y |
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| Authors |
Corinne Reczek, Russell Spiker, Hui Liu, Robert Crosnoe |
| Abstract |
The children of different-sex married couples appear to be advantaged on a range of outcomes relative to the children of different-sex cohabiting couples. Despite the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States, whether and how this general pattern extends to the children of same-sex married and cohabiting couples is unknown. This study examines this question with nationally representative data from the 2004-2013 pooled National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Results reveal that children in cohabiting households have poorer health outcomes than children in married households regardless of the sex composition of their parents. Children in same-sex and different-sex married households are relatively similar to each other on health outcomes, as are children in same-sex and different-sex cohabiting households. These patterns are not fully explained by socioeconomic differences among the four different types of families. This evidence can inform general debates about family structure and child health as well as policy interventions aiming to reduce child health disparities. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 28 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 36% |
| Germany | 2 | 7% |
| Chile | 1 | 4% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Italy | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 11 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 64% |
| Scientists | 10 | 36% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 90 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 88 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 17% |
| Researcher | 9 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 13 | 14% |
| Unknown | 21 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 24 | 27% |
| Psychology | 14 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 7% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Unknown | 26 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 36. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 August 2023.
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