Low-income parents: how do working conditions affect their opportunity to help school-age children at risk?

Autor/inn/en	Heymann, S. Jody; Earle, Alison
Titel	Low-income parents: how do working conditions affect their opportunity to help school-age children at risk?
Quelle	In: American educational research journal, 37 (2000) 4, S. 833-848Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 60; Tabellen 4
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312; 1935-1011
DOI	10.3102/00028312037004833
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Interview; Mutter; Frau; Eltern; Schüler; Schülerleistung; Armut; Berufstätigkeit; Leistung; USA
Abstract	Numerous studies have documented the importance of parental involvement to children's success at school. Much of the discussion about what influences the outcomes of poor children has assumed that low-income parents have the same opportunity to help with their children's education. Yet, parents' availability to be involved with their children's education is often determined by job benefits and working conditions. The goal of this article is to examine empirically whether low-income working parents face significantly different nonfinancial barriers than those faced by higher income working parents. In particular, we examine the working conditions faced by parents who have at least one child who is in need of help because of educational or behavioral problems. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - Mother and Child Surveys (NLSY) on 1,878 families where mothers worked more than 20 hr per week were analyzed. [Working conditions were measured by absence or presence of paid sick and / or vacation leave which enables mothers to spend time with their children]. (DIPF/orig.)
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2002_(CD)