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This finding looks at the relationship between childhood family situation and well-being in midlife.

For women, experiencing parental divorce, but not parental death, before the age of 17 was associated with acute, but not chronic, health problems in midlife. Lower levels of educational attainment and family income as well as higher levels of drug use associated with childhood parental divorce appeared to explain the relationship between parental divorce and acute health problems.

Sample or Data Description
Data came from the Midlife Development in the U.S. Study, a national probability sample conducted in 1995. The analytical sample consisted of 2,988 individuals aged between 30 and 40 in 1995.

Source
"Consequences of Early Parental Loss and Separation of Health and Well-being in Midlife"
Maier, E. Hailey
Lachman, Margie E.
International Journal of Behavioral Development Vol. 24, Number 2. , 2000. Page(s) 183-189.

FindingID: 8820