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Adult children's union type and contact with mothers: A replication
Martin Kreidl, Zuzana Žilinčíková · 2023 · Demographic Research
Background : Several studies show that cohabiting adult children have less frequent contact with their mothers than married adult children. We argue that these findings might be spurious due to confounding. Objective : Our aim is to replicate earlier research using more robust statistical instruments from the family of multi-level models with fixed effects, which are known to offer better control of omitted-variable bias. We also want to show the extent to which union-type effects vary across countries and by parenthood status. Methods : We use data from the SHARE survey. Mothers are the prima
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