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Children in three contexts: Family, education and social development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Sotirios Sarantakos
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Abstract

This paper explores the relationship between family environment and behaviour of primary school children living in three family contexts. It uses data from studies including children of married heterosexual couples, cohabiting heterosexual couples and homosexual couples, and examines the extent to which these children differ with regard to scholastic achievement and aspects of social development. It shows that in the majority of cases, the most successful are children of married couples, followed by children of cohabiting couples and finally by children of homosexual couples.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , 1996 , pp. 23 - 31
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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