Sentences with phrase «cohabiting parents fare»

Fact: «Although children living with married rather than cohabiting parents fare better in terms of material well - being, this advantage is accounted for by race and ethnic group and parents» education... the initial marriage advantage for children living with two biological parents (cohabiting two biologicals vs. married two biological) and stepparents (cohabiting stepparents vs. married stepparents) are explained by the covariates included in the models.

The FFCWS studies add to a large body of earlier work that suggested that children who live with single or cohabiting parents fare worse as adolescents and young adults in terms of their educational outcomes, risk of teen birth, and attachment to school and the labor market than do children who grow up in married - couple families.