This study uses data from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to test for evidence of a causal … relationship between maternal alcohol use, marijuana use and cocaine use, and children's behavior problems. Ordinary least squares … results provide strong evidence that maternal substance use is associated with children's behavior problems. Models that …

abuse on children born to mothers in the initial cohort of the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), a national … home and parental mental health can have notable impacts on skill development in children that may affect the stock of … household survey of high school students aged 14-22 in 1979. We follow 1587 children aged 1-5 in 1987, observing them throughout …

specialty substance use disorder (SUD) treatment use among children ages 12 to 18. We examine both private and public expansions … State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Private expansions are generated by state laws that compel private …, lead to increases in admissions to treatment and increased insurance coverage among children in treatment. After public …

and behaviours. OLS regressions suggest an ambiguous association between alcohol exposure in utero and children's academic … attainment, but there is a strong social gradient in maternal drinking, with mothers in higher socio-economic groups more likely …

Child maltreatment is a pressing concern in the United States, with more than four million children referred to child … consequences for children who experience maltreatment, both in the short- and long-term. Parental mental health and substance use …

slowly. Children of teenagers may experience difficult childhoods and hence be more likely to commit crimes subsequently. I …