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SUBMITTER: Copp JE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6836432 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan-Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Copp Jennifer E JE Giordano Peggy C PC Manning Wendy D WD Longmore Monica A MA
Socius : sociological research for a dynamic world 20180101
The aim of the current investigation was to examine the appropriateness of propensity score methods for the study of incarceration effects on children by directing attention to a range of conceptual and practical concerns, including the exclusion of theoretically meaningful covariates, the comparability of treatment and control groups, and potential ambiguities resulting from researcher-driven analytic decisions. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, we examined the eff ...[more]