Family Structure as a Social Determinant of Child Health

Sheila Barnhart; Keith M. Kilty; Diane Loeffler

doi:10.1080/10875549.2020.1760178

Family Structure as a Social Determinant of Child Health

Sheila Barnhart
, Keith M. Kilty
, Diane Loeffler

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Abstract

Maternal marital status may contribute to health disparities among children; marriage often associates with better outcomes. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, we tested separate structural equation models to compare direct and indirect relationships between maternal economic hardship, parenting stress, and adolescent self-rated health among 3,146 married and unmarried mothers. Although parenting stress did not associate with adolescent health for either group, economic hardship directly associated with poorer adolescent self-reported health for only unmarried mothers, and unmarried mothers had a stronger negative relationship between economic hardships and parenting calling for policies to address these disparities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	138-154
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Poverty
Volume	25
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2020.1760178
State	Published - 2021

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Funding

Research reported in this publication was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health under award numbers R01HD36916, R01HD39135, and R01HD40421, as well as a consortium of private foundations. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

Funders	Funder number
National Institutes of Health (NIH)	R01HD39135, R01HD36916, R01HD40421
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Keywords

Family structure
adolescent health
economic hardship
parenting stress

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Demography
Sociology and Political Science

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