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characterize whether single parent households associated pediatric asthmarelated repeat healthcare utilization examine familylevel psychosocial variables may explain relationshipwe analyzed prospective cohort 526 children aged 116 years hospitalized asthma bronchodilatorresponsive wheezing whose caregivers selfreported marital status reporting single considered atrisk category outcome repeat asthmarelated utilization emergency room er revisit hospital readmission within 12 months assessed priori four psychosocial variables household income caregiver risk psychological distress ratio inhome children adults regular attendance childcare secondary homeamong children enrolled cohort 40 returned er hospital asthma within 12 months caregivers 59 selfidentified single single status significantly associated psychosocial variable children households lower incomes higher ratios children adults likely return er hospital children higher incomes lower ratios respectively p 005 patients single parent households significantly likely reutilize married parent households 144 95 ci 100207 p 005 adjusted income relationship single parent households reutilization became nonsignificantchildren admitted asthma single parent households likely asthmarelated reutilization within 12 months children homes married parents driven large part underlying differences household income