Family Structure and Children's Socioeconomic Attainment: A Canadian Sample

被引:10
作者
Seabrook, Jamie A. [1 ]
Avison, William R. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Western Ontario, Brescia Univ Coll, London, ON N6G 1H2, Canada
[2] Univ Western Ontario, London, ON N6G 1H2, Canada
来源
CANADIAN REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE SOCIOLOGIE | 2015年 / 52卷 / 01期
关键词
EDUCATIONAL-ATTAINMENT; ACADEMIC-ACHIEVEMENT; PARENTAL DIVORCE; SINGLE MOTHERS; MENTAL-HEALTH; OUTCOMES; DISADVANTAGE; IMPACT; INCOME;
D O I
10.1111/cars.12061
中图分类号
C91 [社会学];
学科分类号
030301 ; 1204 ;
摘要
With the proliferation of different family forms in many western countries over the last few decades, research investigating the influence of family structure on children's socioeconomic status attainment has expanded dramatically, especially in the United States. The purpose of this study was to estimate the relative influence of family structure, maternal resources, and family mental health on predicting socioeconomic attainment in young adulthood. Data for this study were derived from a case-comparison, three-wave panel study of single-parent, and two-parent families living in London, Ontario, with interviews conducted in 1993 (wave 1), 1994 (wave 2), and between 2005 and 2008 (wave 3). There were virtually no differences in status attainment by family structure. Unexpectedly, however, we found that children raised in temporally stable single-parent families, and those whose mothers transitioned from a single-parent family to a two-parent family had higher socioeconomic status occupations for their longest job held than did children raised in temporally stable two-parent families. Maternal education was positively related to the likelihood that children would graduate from college/university. For those concerned with social policy, this implies that greater attention ought to be paid to addressing disparities in education and family income than to concerns with the kinds of families in which children grow up. Avec la proliferation de differentes formes de familles dans plusieurs pays occidentaux depuis quelques decennies, la recherche sur l'influence de la structure da la famille sur l'acquisition de statu socioeconomique des enfants s'est dramatiquement elargie, surtout aux Etats-Unis. L'intention de cette etude etait d'estimer l'influence relative de la structure de famille, les ressources maternelles et la sante mentale de la famille sur la prediction d'acquisition socioeconomique d'un jeune adulte. Les donnees de cette etude resultent d'une comparaison de cas, sur un echantillonnage de 3 series de familles monoparentales et de familles a 2 parents vivant a London, Ontario, avec des entrevues realisees en 1993 (serie 1), 1994 (serie 2) et entre 2005 et 2008 (serie 3). Il n'y a avait virtuellement pas de difference d'acquisition de statu par structure de famille. De maniere inattendue, cependant, nous avons etablis que les enfants eleves de par des familles monoparentales stables dans le temps, ainsi que ceux dont la mere avait opere une transition d'une structure monoparentale vers une structure a 2 parents, occupaient des fonctions d'un statu socioeconomique plus eleve durant leur periode d'emploi la plus longue compares aux enfants eleves dans des familles a 2 parents stables dans le temps. L'education maternelle etait positivement liee a la probabilite que les enfants obtiendraient un diplome d'un niveau post-secondaire (college / universite). Pour ceux concernes par les politiques sociales, cela induit qu'une plus grande attention devrait etre accordee a la disparite entre l'education et les revenus de la famille plutot que de s'attarder sur les types de famille dans lesquelles les enfants grandissent.
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