Finding

 


This finding looks at the relationship between parental divorce and economic resources.

Parental divorce is associated with economic declines in the economic resources especially for women and children. After divorce, their household income is $13,000 lower, their standard of living is 20% lower, and home ownership drops by 12 percentage points.


Sample or Data Description
1813 children from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH).


Source
"Windows on Divorce: Before and After"
Hanson, Thomas, L.
McLanahan, Sara, S., and Thomson, Elizabeth
Social Science Research Vol. 27, Number . , 1998. Page(s) 329-349.


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