ERIC Number: EJ1012962
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jun
Pages: 18
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Promoting the Positive Development of Boys in High-Poverty Neighborhoods: Evidence from Four Anti-Poverty Experiments
Snell, Emily K.; Castells, Nina; Duncan, Greg; Gennetian, Lisa; Magnuson, Katherine; Morris, Pamela
Journal of Research on Adolescence, v23 n2 p357-374 Jun 2013
This study uses geocoded address data and information about parents' economic behavior and children's development from four random-assignment welfare and anti-poverty experiments conducted during the 1990s. We find that the impacts of these welfare and anti-poverty programs on boys' and girls' developmental outcomes during the transition to early adolescence differ as a function of neighborhood poverty levels. The strongest positive impacts of these programs are among boys who lived in high-poverty neighborhoods at the time their parents enrolled in the studies, with smaller or nonstatistically significant effects for boys in lower-poverty neighborhoods and for girls across all neighborhoods. This research informs our understanding of how neighborhood context and child gender may interact with employment-based policies to affect children's well-being. (Contains 7 tables.)
Descriptors: Poverty, Neighborhoods, Males, Child Development, Community Characteristics, Gender Differences, Early Adolescents, Developmental Stages, Parent Child Relationship, Employment, Public Policy, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Behavior Problems, Measures (Individuals), Grade Repetition, Children, Welfare Services, Parenting Styles, Parent Participation, Disadvantaged, Family Financial Resources, Least Squares Statistics, Regression (Statistics)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Connecticut; Florida; Minnesota; Wisconsin
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; Social Skills Rating System
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