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Miller, Jane E. Davis, Diane |
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Poverty History, Marital History, and Quality of Children's Home Environments Journal of Marriage and Family 59,4 (November 1997): 996-1007. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/353798 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: National Council on Family Relations Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Home Environment; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Household Composition; Marital Stability; Maternal Employment; Poverty Analyses of the consequences of poverty often treat poor children as a single, homogeneous group. We study relations among depth or timing of poverty, mother's marital history, and quality of the home environment for children aged 6-9, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. HOME scores increased markedly with income up to three times the poverty line, particularly for cognitive stimulation. The benefits of having a married mother were larger among children who were not poor than among poor children, particularly for emotional support. Recent poverty was associated with deficits nearly as largely as long-term poverty. However, poverty early in life had no effect on HOME scores at assessment. |
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Miller, Jane E. and Diane Davis. "Poverty History, Marital History, and Quality of Children's Home Environments." Journal of Marriage and Family 59,4 (November 1997): 996-1007.
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