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ArticleDemography2022

Continuity and Change in U.S. Children's Family Composition, 1968-2017.

Paula Fomby, David S Johnson

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Article in Demography, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paula FombySurvey Research Center and Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2033-8485
David S JohnsonSurvey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3569-8352
University of Michigan · US

Funding

Family Complexity, Resources, and the Transition to AdulthoodR01HD088506 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI FOMBY, PAULA W · 2016 to 2020
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NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD088506
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We document changes in U.S. children's family household composition from 1968 to 2017 with regard to the number and types of kin that children lived with and the frequency of family members' household entrances and departures. Data are from the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics (N = 30,412). Children experienced three decades of increasing instability and diversification in household membership, arriving at a state of "stable complexity" in the most recent decade. Stable complexity is distinguished by a decline in the number of coresident parents; a higher number of stepparents, grandparents, and other relatives in children's households; and less turnover in household membership compared with prior decades, including fewer sibling departures. College-educated households with children were consistently the most stable and least diverse. On several dimensions, household composition has become increasingly similar for non-Hispanic Black and White children. Children in Hispanic households are distinct in having larger family sizes and more expected household entrances and departures by coresident kin.

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Family CharacteristicsGrandparentsChildHumansIncomeParentsSiblingsChildrenFamily complexityFamily composition

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PMID35234852
PMCPMC8983495
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