"The death of a mother or father in childhood was associated with lower grades and school failure in adolescence, but the effect was less pronounced when such things as parental education, substance abuse, and mental health were taken into account, a study reported.
The death of a father before age 15 was associated with lower grades at ages 15 to 16 (OR -0.21, 95% CI minus 0.23–minus 0.20), as was the death of a mother (OR -0.17, 95% CI minus 0.19-minus 0.15), wrote Anders Hjern, MD, PhD, of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, and his co-authors online in Pediatrics.
"Adjustment for SEP [socioeconomic position] and parental psychosocial factors weakened the associations, but the results remained statistically significant," wrote Hjern and his co-authors."
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/GeneralPediatrics/44719
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