Table 2.

Cognitive, Socio-emotional and Health Outcomes Means by Family Structure and Family Stability

	Model 1: At-Birth Family Structure
Family Structure (At-Birth)	PPVT-R (Std.)	WJT (Std.)	Aggression	Anx/Dep	Obesity	Asthma
Married (Reference)	99.87	103.84	9.18	2.82	0.13	0.06
Cohabiting	91.81***	98.33***	10.75***	3.56***	0.18**	0.09**
Single	91.35***	98.36***	11.70***	3.55***	0.18***	0.09***
	Model 2: Contemporaneous (Year Five) Family Structure
Family Structure (Year Five)	PPVT-R (Std.)	WJT (Std.)	Aggression	Anx/Dep	Obesity	Asthma
Married (Reference)	98.89	102.98	9.45	3.02	0.15	0.06
Cohabiting	90.49***	98.04***	10.67***	3.66**	0.17	0.07
Single	91.71***	98.33***	11.57***	3.44**	0.19*	0.09***
Married to new partner	93.99***	99.49**	10.76**	3.35	0.19	0.11**
Cohabiting with new partner	89.67***	97.59***	11.48***	3.72***	0.15	0.12***
	Model 3: Family Stability
Family Stability (Birth to Year Five)	PPVT-R (Std.)	WJT (Std.)	Aggression	Anx/Dep	Obesity	Asthma
Married – Stable (Reference)	102.24	105.56	8.90	2.74	0.12	0.05
Cohabiting to Married – Stable	94.22***	100.19***	10.40***	3.42**	0.14	0.06
Cohabiting – Stable	90.08***	97.04***	10.07**	3.82***	0.14	0.05
Single – Stable	91.64***	98.88***	11.60***	3.55***	0.20**	0.08*
Married – Unstable	94.04***	97.85***	10.41**	3.61***	0.26***	0.08
Cohabiting – Unstable	90.94***	99.15***	11.29***	3.50***	0.19*	0.10
Single – Unstable	91.75***	98.02***	11.56***	3.39***	0.18**	0.09***
Married to New Partner – Unstable	93.99***	99.49***	10.76***	3.35*	0.19	0.11**
Cohabiting with New Partner – Unstable	89.67***	97.59***	11.48***	3.72***	0.15	0.12***

Data: FFCWS

Note:

^***p<0.01,

^**p<0.05,

^*p<0.1 indicates statistical significant difference from the reference category.

Abbreviations:

PPVT-R (Std.) – Standardized Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised

WJC (Std.) – Standardized Woodcock-Johnson Letter-Word Identification Test

Aggression – Aggressive Behaviour; Anx/Dep –Anxiety/Depression Symptoms