Citation

Amato PR, Patterson SE. Soc. Sci. Res. 2017; 63: 253-262.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, 211 Oswald Tower, University Park, PA 16801, United States. Electronic address: sep241@psu.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.09.017

PMID

28202147

Abstract

Although many studies have examined associations between family structure and child outcomes, few have considered how the increase in single-parent households since the 1960s may have affected child mortality rates. We examined state-level changes in the percentage of children living with single parents between 1968 and 2010 and state-level trends in mortality among children and youth (age 19 or younger) in the United States. Regression models with state and year fixed effects revealed that increases in single parenthood were associated with small increments in accidental deaths and homicides.

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Language: en

Keywords

Accidents; Child mortality; Fixed effects models; Homicides; Single-parent households; State-level data; Suicides