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This finding looks at the relationship between family structure and teen substance use.

Compared to peers in intact families, teens of never-married parents as well as those of divorced parents who did not remarry (but not those of divorced parents who later remarried) were more likely to initiate smoking, controlling for effects of gender, race/ethnicity, age, family poverty status, quality of parent-child relationship, number of hours spent with parents.

Sample or Data Description
Data came from the 1992 National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH). The analytical sample consisted of 1,389 adolescents, aged 10 and 17 in 1992.

Source
"Race and Ethnic Differences in Adolescent Drug Use: The Impact of Family Structure and the Quantity and Quality of Parental Interaction"
Amey, Cheryl
Albrecht, Stan
Journal of Drug Issues Vol. 28, Number 2. Spring, 1998. Page(s) 283-298.

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