This paper examines a wide variety of forms, and full histories, of family structure to test existing theories of … family influences and identify needs for new theories. The focus is on links between childhood family structure and both …) two more recently studied family structures (mother-with-grandparent(s) and mother-with-stepfather) do not fit the molds …

, economic inactivity, early childbearing, distress and smoking) and experience of life in a single-parent family during … single-parent family is usually associated with disadvantageous outcomes for young adults; (ii) most of the unfavourable … outcomes are linked to an early family disruption, when the child was aged 0-5; and (iii) level estimates, whose causal …

This study examines the effect of family structure on high school graduation by race and gender using data from the … nature of the data allows for a more complete specification of family structure than has been heretofore possible. The …-only or stepfather family stems primarily from the reduced level of economic resources available to these households …