Children's Home Environments in Great Britain and the United States

Autor/inn/en	Campbell, Lori Ann; Parcel, Toby L.
Titel	Children's Home Environments in Great Britain and the United States
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 31 (2010) 5, S.559-584 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X09350441
Schlagwörter	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; Early Adolescents; Employed Parents; Family Work Relationship; Human Capital; Social Capital; United Kingdom (Great Britain); United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sibling; Geschwister; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Ausland; Denkfähigkeit; Familiengröße; Familienmilieu; Großeltern; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Elternhaus; Geschlechterkonflikt; Humankapital; Sozialkapital; USA
Abstract	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.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10