Partnership Instability, School Readiness, and Gender Disparities

Autor/inn/en	Cooper, Carey E.; Osborne, Cynthia A.; Beck, Audrey N.; McLanahan, Sara S.
Titel	Partnership Instability, School Readiness, and Gender Disparities
Quelle	In: Sociology of Education, 84 (2011) 3, S.246-259 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0038-0407
DOI	10.1177/0038040711402361
Schlagwörter	Family (Sociological Unit); Family Problems; Mothers; Dating (Social); Context Effect; Family Environment; Gender Differences; Verbal Ability; School Readiness; Longitudinal Studies; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Males; Behavior Problems; Young Children; Academic Achievement; Well Being + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familie; Familienkrise; Mother; Mutter; Familienmilieu; Geschlechterkonflikt; Mündliche Leistung; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Frühe Kindheit; Schulleistung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	Trends in family formation during the past several decades have increased children's exposure to mothers' partnership instability, defined as an entrance into or exit from a coresidential union or a dating partnership. Instability, in turn, is associated with negative outcomes for children and adolescents. This study uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to examine associations between mothers' partnership instability and children's school readiness, differences between coresidential and dating transitions, and the moderating role of child gender. Mothers' partnership transitions are negatively associated with children's verbal ability and positively associated with boys' behavioral problems at age five. In general, coresidential and dating transitions have similar effects on school readiness. The findings have important implications for our understanding of the growing gender gap in educational attainment. (Contains 5 notes and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10