Finding

 


This finding looks at the relationship between family structure and youth risk behavior.

Compared to peers in single-parent families, middle school and high school students in two-parent families reported lower levels of alcohol use on average, even after controlling for the effects of gender, race/ethnicity, and family income.


Sample or Data Description
Data come from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (“Add Health”), a nationally representative sample of 7th to 12th graders in the U.S. The analytical sample consists of 10,803 youths.


Source
"The Effects of Race/Ethnicity, Income, and Family Structure on Adolescent Risk Behaviors"
Blum, Robert W.
Beuhrign, Trisha
American Journal of Public Health Vol. 90, Number 12. December, 2000. Page(s) 1879-1884.


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