Eight-year Changes in Adolescent Self-rated Health and Life Satisfaction in Relation to Living Arrangement

ABSTRACT

This study analyzes the associations between living arrangements after a parental separation, and the adolescent’s self-rated health and life satisfaction in French-speaking Belgium. Data are based on 39,294 adolescents who participated in the three waves of the cross-sectional HBSC survey. Among adolescents living with separated parents, the self-rated health was not associated with living arrangements after adjustment for the perception of family wealth and the ability to communicate with parents. Adolescent’s life satisfaction was not associated with living arrangement when controlled for perceived family wealth in 2014 and controlled for quality of communication with parents in 2010 and 2018.

KEYWORDS:

• Adolescent
• living arrangements
• adolescent custody
• health
• well-being

Data availability statement

The data used for this study belong to Service d’Information Promotion Education Santé (SIPES), School of Public Health - Université libre de Bruxelles. The data collection was funded by the Birth and Children Office (ONE), the Walloon Region, and the French Community Commission. The data are available on request from the supervisor of the SIPES ([email protected])

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Additional information

Funding

This work was not supported by any funding agency.