Contributions to college costs by married, divorced, and remarried parents

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 767-790

  Turley, Ruth N López ^a   Desmond, Matthew ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

college; divorce; education; family structure; financial aid; marital status; parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955428946     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X10388013     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Amato, P.R. (1993). Children's adjustment to divorce: Theories, hypotheses, and empirical support. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 55, 23-38.
2. Amato, P.R., Rezac, S.J., & Booth, A. (1995). Helping between parents and young adult offspring: The role of parental marital quality, divorce, and remarriage. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57, 363-374.
3. Astone, N.M., & McLanahan, S.S. (1991). Family structure, parental practices and high school completion. American Sociological Review, 56, 309-320.
4. Astone, N.M., & McLanahan, S.S. (1994). Family structure, residential mobility, and school dropout: A research note. Demography, 31, 575-584.
5. Baum, S. (2001). College education: Who can afford it? In M. B. Paulsen & J. C. Smart (Eds.), The finance of higher education: Theory, research, policy, and practice (pp. 11-38). New York, NY: Agathon Press.
6. Becker, G.S., & Tomes, N. (1986). Human capital and the rise and fall of families. Journal of Labor Economics, 4, S1-S39.
7. Biblarz, T.J., & Raftery, A.E. (1999). Family structure, educational attainment, and socioeconomic success: Rethinking the "pathology of matriarchy." American Journal of Sociology, 105, 321-365.
8. Boggess, S. (1998). Family structure, economic status, and educational attainment. Journal of Population Economics, 11, 205-222.
9. Choy, S.P., & Berker, A.M. (2003). How families of low- and middle-income undergraduates pay for college: Full-time dependent students in 1999-2000 (Postsecondary Education Descriptive Analysis Rep. No. NCES-2003-162). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
10. Churaman, C.V. (1992). Financing of college-education by minority and White families. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 26, 324-350.
11. Duncan, G.J., & Hoffman, S.D. (1985). A reconsideration of the economic consequences of marital dissolution. Demography, 22, 485-497.
12. Garfinkel, I., & McLanahan, S.S. (1986). Single mothers and their children: A new American dilemma. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press.
13. Grissett, B., & Furr, A.L. (1994). Effects of parental divorce on children's financial support for college. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 22, 155-166.
14. Ham, B.D. (2003). The effects of divorce on the academic achievement of high school seniors. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 38, 167-185.
15. Haveman, R., Wolfe, B., & Spaulding, J. (1991). Childhood events and circumstances influencing high school completion. Demography, 28, 133-157.
16. Hearn, J.C. (2001). The paradox of growth in federal aid for college students, 1960-1990. In M. B. Paulsen & J. C. Smart (Eds.), The finance of higher education: Theory, research, policy, and practice (pp. 267-316). New York, NY: Agathon Press.
17. Heller, D.E. (2002). The policy shift in state financial aid programs. In J. C. Smart (Ed.), Higher education: Handbook of theory and research (Vol. 17, pp. 221-261). New York, NY: Agathon Press.
18. Hill, M.S. (1992). The role of economic resources and remarriage in financial assistance for children of divorce. Journal of Family Issues, 13, 158-178.
19. Kane, T.J. (1999). The price of admission: Rethinking how Americans pay for college. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
20. Lillard, D., & Gerner, J. (1999). Getting to the Ivy League: How family composition affects college choice. Journal of Higher Education, 70, 706-730.
21. Long, B.T. (2004). How have college decisions changed over time? An application of the conditional logistic choice model. Journal of Econometrics, 121, 271-296.
22. McLanahan, S.S. (1985). Family structure and the reproduction of poverty. American Journal of Sociology, 90, 873-901.
23. McLanahan, S.S. (1997). Parent absence or poverty: Which matters more? In G. J. Duncan & J. Brooks-Gunn (Eds.), Consequences of growing up poor (pp. 35-48). New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation.
24. McLanahan, S.S., & Booth, K. (1989). Mother-only families: Problems, prospects, and politics. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 51, 557-580.
25. McLanahan, S.S., & Bumpass, L. (1988). Intergenerational consequences of family disruption. American Journal of Sociology, 94, 130-152.
26. McLanahan, S.S., & Sandefur, G.D. (1994). Growing up with a single parent: What hurts, what helps. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
27. McPherson, M.S. (1993). Federal student aid policy: Can we learn from experience? In M. S. McPherson, M. O. Schapiro, & G. C. Winston (Eds.), Paying the piper: Productivity, incentives, and financing in U. S. higher education (pp. 165-185). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
28. McPherson, M.S., & Schapiro, M.O. (1998). The student aid game: Meeting need and rewarding talent in American higher education. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
29. Morgan, L.W. (1996). Child support guidelines: Interpretation and application. New York, NY: Aspen Law & Business.
30. Ploeg, M.V. (2002). Children from disrupted families as adults: Family structure, college attendance and college completion. Economics of Education Review, 21, 171-184.
31. Pong, S.L., & Ju, D.B. (2000). The effects of change in family structure and income on dropping out of middle and high school. Journal of Family Issues, 21, 147-169.
32. Potter, W., & Burd, S. (2003). Change in federal formula could cost students billions in financial aid. Chronicle of Higher Education, 49, A19.
33. Powell, B., & Steelman, L.C. (1995). Feeling the pinch-Child spacing and constraints on parental economic investments in children. Social Forces, 73, 1465-1486.
34. Powell, M.A., & Parcel, T.L. (1997). Effects of family structure on the earnings attainment process: Differences by gender. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 59, 419-433.
35. Rainwater, L., & Yancey, W.L. (1967). The Moynihan Report and the politics of controversy. Cambridge: MIT Press.
36. Riccobono, J.A., Whitmore, R.W., Gabel, T.J., Traccarella, M.A., Pratt, D.J., Berkner, L.K., & Malizio, A.G. (1997). National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, 1995-96 (NPSAS:96): Methodology report. Washington, DC: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.
37. Rubin, D. (1987). Multiple imputation for nonresponse in surveys. New York, NY: John Wiley.
38. Saluter, A.F., & Lugaila, T.A. (1998). Marital status and living arrangements: March 1996. Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau.
39. Sandefur, G.D., McLanahan, S.S., & Wojtkiewicz, R.A. (1992). The effects of parental marital status during adolescence on high school graduation. Social Forces, 71, 103-121.
40. Schafer, J.L. (1999). NORM: Multiple Imputation of Incomplete Multivariate Data Under a Normal Model Version 2. Software for Windows 95/98/NT [Computer software].
41. Schafer, J.L., & Graham, J.W. (2002). Missing data: Our view of the state of the art. Psychological Methods, 7, 147-177.
42. Steelman, L.C., & Powell, B. (1991). Sponsoring the next generation: Parental willingness to pay for higher education. American Journal of Sociology, 96, 1505-1529.
43. Thomson, E., Hanson, T.L., & McLanahan, S.S. (1994). Family structure and child wellbeing: Economic resources vs. parental behaviors. Social Forces, 73, 221-242.
44. White, L. (1992). The effects of parental divorce and remarriage on parental support for adult children. Journal of Family Issues, 13, 234-250.
45. Winter, G. (2005, June 6). Financial aid rules for college change, and families pay more. New York Times, p. A1.