1) Why might we expect the relationship between living in a single parent family and the likelihood that children experience a negative outcome be related to the pathway to living in a single parent family (i.e., non-marital birth, divorce, death of a parent)?
2) How is the pathway to living in a single parent family related to the likelihood that children experience the negative outcomes being studied?
3) Why might we expect the relationship between living in a single parent family and the likelihood that children experience a negative outcome be related to the age of the child when parents split?
4) How is the age at which a child entered a single parent family related to the likelihood that s/he experiences the negative outcomes being studied?
5) Why might we expect the relationship between living in a single parent family and the likelihood that children experience a negative outcome be related to the sex of the custodial parent?
6) How is the sex of the custodial parent related to the likelihood that children in single parent families experience the negative outcomes being studied?
7) Why might we expect the relationship between living in a single parent family and the likelihood that children experience a negative outcome be related to the presence of grandparents?
8) How is the presence of a grandparent related to the likelihood that children in single parent families experience the negative outcomes being studied?
9) According to their analyses, how much of the difference between the outcomes of children from single parent families and children from two parent families is due to differences in income? How much of this income effect is due to the fact that, poor families are less likely to remain intact? (this is the reshuffling of poverty explanation we talked about).
10) According to their analyses, how much of the difference between the outcomes of children from step-families and children from two biological parent families is due to differences in income?
11) Why might we expect the relationship between living in a single parent family and the likelihood that children experience a negative outcome be related to the quality of parenting?
12) Do parent-child interactions (e.g., time together, supervision, etc.) differ by family structure? How?
13) Do differences between single parent and two-parent families in terms of parental resources (i.e., involvement, supervision, and aspirations) primarily reflect declining resources due to divorce or primarily reflect the fact that less-involved parents are more likely to divorce?
14) According to their analyses, how much of the difference between the outcomes of children from single parent families and children from two parent families is due to differences in parenting practices? How much of this parenting effect is due to post-divorce changes in parenting?