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  • This study investigates McLanahan's diverging destinies thesis by examining whether growing up in a one-parent family is associated with individual- and aggregate-level socioeconomic inequalities in adulthood among children from different social backgrounds. Background: One-parent families are consistently viewed as a driver of socioeconomic inequalities among children from different social backgrounds. However, the outcomes of children from different social backgrounds might be differentially affected by growing up in a one-parent family. This effect heterogeneity by social background might lead to the destinies of children from different social backgrounds converging rather than diverging. Method: Drawing on data from the German Family Panel - pairfam (Wave 6, 2013/2014), this study (1) investigated the prevalence of one-parent families by social background, (2) ran ordinary least squares regression models to examine the association between growing up in a one-parent family and children's socioeconomic outcomes in adulthood (ages 29-43), and (3) employed decomposition techniques to estimate the role of one-parent families in explaining aggregate-level socioeconomic inequalities in adulthood among children from different social backgrounds. Results: Results revealed that growing up in a one-parent family is negatively associated with children's socioeconomic outcomes in adulthood on the individual level, independent of social background. On the aggregate level, however, it is not related to socioeconomic inequality in adulthood among children from different social backgrounds. Conclusion: Contrary to the predictions of the diverging destinies thesis, the findings of this study indicate that childhood family structure plays only a subordinate role in explaining aggregate-level socioeconomic inequalities in adulthood. (xsd:string)
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  • 2024 (xsd:gyear)
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  • 2024 (xsd:gyear)
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  • 10.20377/jfr-1028 ()
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  • 2699-2337 ()
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  • Family structure and children's (non-)diverging destinies in adulthood: A decomposition approach (xsd:string)
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  • In: JFR - Journal of Family Research, 36, 2024, 460-479 (xsd:string)
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  • 36 (xsd:string)