ERIC Number: EJ879233
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 26
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Children's Home Environments in Great Britain and the United States
Campbell, Lori Ann; Parcel, Toby L.
Journal of Family Issues, v31 n5 p559-584 2010
This study analyzes the effects of human, social, and financial capital on children's home environments in the United States and Great Britain by comparing a sample of 5- to 13-year-old children from the United States with a similar sample from Britain. In both countries, the authors find weaker home environments for boys, minority children, and those with more siblings. Parental education and maternal cognitive ability are linked to stronger home environments. The effects of family structure, maternal school track, grandparents' education, and paternal work vary by society. The authors conclude that parents are important in both societies and that evidence for the notion that the more developed welfare state in Britain may substitute for capital at home in promoting children's home environments is weak. (Contains 2 notes and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Siblings, Preschool Children, Minority Group Children, Family Structure, Foreign Countries, Cognitive Ability, Family Size, Family Environment, Comparative Analysis, Grandparents, Educational Attainment, Parent Background, Gender Differences, Children, Early Adolescents, Employed Parents, Family Work Relationship, Human Capital, Social Capital
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain); United States
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