This study addresses three questions. Firstly, to what extent does divorceduring childhood have long-term consequences for the educationalattainment, economic situation, partnership formation and dissolution, andparenthood behaviour in adulthood? We show that in most of thesedomains children who...

Using longitudinal data, John Hobcraft has examined how far childhood experience andparental factors are linked to a wide range of outcomes in adulthood. Specific attention wasgiven to childhood poverty, family disruption, and contact with the police.The four (of 12) most powerful and consistent...