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Title: The Opioid Epidemic and Children's Living Arrangements in the United States, 2000-2018
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2021
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DOI: 10.31235/OSF.IO/HE4PB
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Abstract: The opioid epidemic has had devastating effects for the health and wellbeing of the U.S. population. However, we know little about how it has affected the structure of families where children are raised. Using the 5 percent sample of the 2000 Census, 2005-2018 American Community Survey (ACS) data and restricted Vital Statistics we assess the effect of the opioid epidemic at the local level on the rates of children living under different types of family arrangements: two married parents, two cohabiting parents, mother only, father only, or another configuration. Local fixed-effects models show that a greater intensity of the opioid epidemic, as measured by a higher opioid-overdose death rate, is associated with a lower rate of children living with two married parents, and a higher rate of children living with two cohabiting parents, with only a father, and with adults other than their parents. The opioid epidemic appears to increase the rates of children living in family structures that tend to be less stable, which has potential longterm implications for the wellbeing of future generations.
Url: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/he4pb/
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Authors: Caudillo, Mónica L.; Villarreal, Andrés; Cohen, Philip N.
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Family and Marriage, Health, Housing and Segregation
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