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Title: Income Changes and Cognitive Stimulation in Children's Home Environments during the Preschool and Early Elementary School Years
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Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth |
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Income Changes and Cognitive Stimulation in Children's Home Environments during the Preschool and Early Elementary School Years Presented: Atlanta, GA, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, May 2002 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Cognitive Development; Family Resources; Home Environment; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Household Income; Modeling, Fixed Effects Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Although prior research has shown that family economic resources are strong predictors of the level of cognitive stimulation provided by children's home environments, methodological concerns suggest that omitted variables may bias these estimates. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (N=2174) this study examined the influence of household income on cognitive stimulation in children's home environments during the transition to school. Cross-sectional regressions and longitudinal fixed effects models are estimated to examine the robustness of income's effect on children's home environments. Household income was positively related to the level of cognitive stimulation in children's home environments across both sets of analyses. The home environments of children in low-income households are particularly sensitive to income changes over time. The implications of this study for researchers and policy makers are discussed. This study focuses on five birth cohorts of children captured in the NLSY-CS at age 3-4 (time 1) and then again at age 7-8 (time 2), to maximize the focus on school readiness. (Uses the cognitive subscale of the HOME as an outcome.) |
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Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth. "Income Changes and Cognitive Stimulation in Children's Home Environments during the Preschool and Early Elementary School Years." Presented: Atlanta, GA, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, May 2002. |