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UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF MASS IMPRISONMENT: EFFECTS OF PATERNAL INCARCERATION ON CHILD SCHOOL READINESS
Haskins, Anna R. - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2011
Though sociologists have examined the consequences of mass imprisonment of African-American men on the incarcerated men, their families, and their communities, no study has considered its impact on racial disparities in educational achievement. Analyzing the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149806
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Education Delayed: Family Structure and Postnatal Educational Attainment
MacGregor, Carol Ann - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2009
Wellbeing Study, I examine the prevalence of obtaining additional education (N=3812) in the five years after a birth …. Controlling for mothers? background and resources, married mothers are less likely to obtain additional education. Cohabiting … dissolution or divorce are also more likely to obtain additional education. Postnatal educational attainment appears to be an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720703
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Education Delayed: Family Structure and Postnatal Educational Attainment
MacGregor, Carol Ann - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2009
Wellbeing Study, I examine the prevalence of obtaining additional education (N=3812) in the five years after a birth …. Controlling for mothers? background and resources, married mothers are less likely to obtain additional education. Cohabiting … dissolution or divorce are also more likely to obtain additional education. Postnatal educational attainment appears to be an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005010010
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Associations among Family Environment, Attention, and School Readiness for At-Risk Children
Razza, Rachel A.; Martin, Anne; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2009
This study examined the developmental pathways from children’s family environment to school readiness within an at-risk sample (N = 1,701). Measures of the family environment (maternal parenting behaviors and maternal mental health) across early childhood were related to children’s observed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149862
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CHILLING EFFECTS: The influence of partner incarceration on political participation
Sugie, Naomi F. - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2011
The prevalence of criminal justice involvement among low-income minority men has had many negative and often unforeseen consequences for ex-felons, their families, and their neighborhoods. One consequence felon disenfranchisement laws and low levels of political engagement among ex-felons more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720717
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ATTENTION AND SCHOOL SUCCESS: The Long-Term Implications of Attention for School Success among Low-Income Children
Razza, Rachel A.; Martin, Anne; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2011
This study examined the longitudinal associations between sustained attention in preschool and children’s school success in later elementary school within a low-income sample (N = 2,403). Specifically, two facets of sustained attention (focused attention and lack of impulsivity) at age 5 were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720738
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Associations among Family Environment, Attention, and School Readiness for At-Risk Children
Razza, Rachel A.; Martin, Anne; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2009
This study examined the developmental pathways from children’s family environment to school readiness within an at-risk sample (N = 1,701). Measures of the family environment (maternal parenting behaviors and maternal mental health) across early childhood were related to children’s observed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005010011
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Is a Bad Economy Good for Marriage? The Relationship between Macroeconomic Conditions and Marital Stability from 1998-2009
Harknett, Kristen; Schneider, Daniel - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012
In the United States, the Great Recession has been marked by severe shocks to labor and housing markets. In this study, we combine longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) with administrative data on local area unemployment rates and state-level mortgage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149786
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The Causal Effects of Father Absence
McLanahan, Sara; Schneider, Daniel - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012
The literature on father absence is frequently criticized for its use of cross-sectional data and methods that fail to take account of possible omitted variable bias and reverse causality. In this paper we review studies that have responded to this critique by employing a variety of innovative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720699
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First-Year Maternal School Attendance and Children’s Cognitive Abilities at Age 5
Golann, Joanne W. - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2011
mediation effects are found for parenting or child care. Results imply that encouraging mothers to continue their education soon …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720721