Sara McLanahan

Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps.

Toby L. Parcel, Sara McLanahan, Gary D. Sandefur · Social Forces · 1995 · 2.1K citations

Family Medicine, Parental Care, Family Involvement +21

Fragile Families: sample and design

Nancy E. Reichman, Julien O. Teitler, Irwin Garfinkel et al. · Children and Youth Services Review · 2001 · 1.6K citations

Family Systems, Family Interaction, Fragile Families +2

Diverging destinies: How children are faring under the second demographic transition

Sara McLanahan · Demography · 2004 · 1.5K citations · Full text

Family Structure, Parental Practices and High School Completion

Nan Marie Astone, Sara McLanahan · American Sociological Review · 1991 · 1.4K citations

Family Studies, Child Well-being, Socioemotional Development +12

Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps.

Beth B. Hess, Sara McLanahan, Gary D. Sandefur · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1995 · 1.1K citations

Family Medicine, Child Well-being, Family Involvement +11