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Published in final edited form as: Am Sociol Rev. 2015 Jun 30;80(4):738–763. doi: 10.1177/0003122415592129

Table 7.

Effects of Family Structure Transitions on Child Developmental Outcomes, by Child Gender

	Boy		Girl
	FEM	MSM	FEM	MSM
A. Cognitive Achievement
Stable coresidential (ref.)
Move out	−.023	−.044	−.101^*	−.106^**
Multiple transitions from coresidential union	−.072	−.084	−.023	−.164^**
Stable single (ref.)
Move in	.071	−.037	.081	.044
Multiple transitions from single motherhood	.087	.004	−.076	−.090
N (person-years)	3,399		3,126
B. Externalizing Behavior
Stable coresidential (ref.)
Move out	.063	.066	.000	.036
Multiple transitions from coresidential union	.152^*	.127	.056^a	.092
Stable single (ref.)
Move in	.107^*	.056	.051	.042
Multiple transitions from single motherhood	.042	.094	−.147^**	−.188^***^a
N (person-years)	4,166		3,780
C. Internalizing behavior
Stable coresidential (ref.)
Move out	.050	.014	.083	.077
Multiple transitions from coresidential union	.190^**	.177^*	−.024^a	.005^a
Stable single (ref.)
Move in	.124^**	.054	−.017^a	.014
Multiple transitions from single motherhood	.010	.018	−.110	−.222^***^a
N (person-years)	4,166		3,780

Note: All models include survey year, its square term, child’s age, and its square term. MSM also controls for observed time-constant covariates. The coefficients of these covariates are not shown to conserve space.

Indicates that the coefficient differs statistically from boys.

p < .05;

^**

p < .01;

^***

p < .001 (one-tailed tests).