The Impact of Maternal Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use on Children's Behavior Problems: Evidence from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey... / Pinka Chatterji, Sara Markowitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chatterji, Pinka.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Markowitz, Sara.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w7692.

NBER working paper series no. w7692

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Infants--Effect of drugs on.

Infants.

Mothers--Substance use.

Mothers.

Child mental health.

Children of prenatal substance abuse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

The Impact of Maternal Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use on Children's Behavior Problems

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2000.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2000.

Summary:

This study uses data from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to test for evidence of a causal relationship between maternal alcohol use, marijuana use and cocaine use, and children's behavior problems. Ordinary least squares results provide strong evidence that maternal substance use is associated with children's behavior problems. Models that account for the potential endogeneity of maternal substance use yield mixed results. Models estimated using instrumental variables (IV) methods are inconsistent with OLS findings. Child-specific and family-specific fixed effects models suggest that maternal alcohol, marijuana and cocaine use are associated with increases in behavior problems.

Notes:

Print version record

May 2000.