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Author: Steelman, Lala Carr
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Christie-Mizell, C. André Steelman, Lala Carr Stewart, Jennifer |
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Seeing Their Surroundings: The Effects of Neighborhood Setting and Race on Maternal Distress Social Science Research 32,3 (September 2003): 402-429. Also: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=10425007&db=aph Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Academic Press, Inc. Keyword(s): CESD (Depression Scale); Depression (see also CESD); Educational Attainment; Ethnic Differences; Family Structure; Household Income; Marital Status; Maternal Employment; Neighborhood Effects; Racial Differences; Rural/Urban Differences Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth at two points in time, we examine the relationship between maternal psychological distress and perceived neighborhood disorder for three groups: African Americans, Mexican Americans and whites. Findings show that across all racial groups neighborhood perceptions are more salient in shaping levels of distress than is objective neighborhood location. However, objective location (e.g., central city residence) does considerably influence how mothers perceive their neighborhoods in the first place. These results suggest that future research on the independent consequences of the neighborhood context should incorporate both subjective assessments and objective indicators of living arrangements. We also observe that perceived neighborhood disorder and psychological distress are affected by marital status, educational attainment, household income, and employment. Moreover, compared to their Mexican American and white counterparts, family structure (e.g., number of children) appears to be more detrimental in shaping outcomes for African American mothers. [Copyright 2003 Elsevier] |
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Christie-Mizell, C. André, Lala Carr Steelman and Jennifer Stewart. "Seeing Their Surroundings: The Effects of Neighborhood Setting and Race on Maternal Distress." Social Science Research 32,3 (September 2003): 402-429.
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Downey, Douglas B. Powell, Brian Steelman, Lala Carr Pribesh, Shana |
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Much Ado About Siblings: Change Models, Sibship Size, and Intellectual Development: Comment on Guo and VanWey American Sociological Review 64,2 (April 1999): 193-198. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2657526 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Change Scores; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); Siblings Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. No abstract available. |
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Downey, Douglas B., Brian Powell, Lala Carr Steelman and Shana Pribesh. "Much Ado About Siblings: Change Models, Sibship Size, and Intellectual Development: Comment on Guo and VanWey." American Sociological Review 64,2 (April 1999): 193-198.
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Mizell, C. André Steelman, Lala Carr |
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All My Children: The Consequences of Sibling Group Characteristics on the Marital Happiness of Young Mothers Journal of Family Issues 21, 7 (October 2000): 858-887. Also: http://jfi.sagepub.com/content/21/7/858.abstract Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Birth Preferences/Birth Expectations; Brothers; Family Size; Family Structure; Fathers, Involvement; Gender Differences; Marital Satisfaction/Quality; Siblings; Sisters Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In this research, we investigate how children shape maternal marital happiness. The findings reveal that the otherwise negative effects of sibship size are altered by the gender composition of the sibling group. Having sons tends to reduce the negative impact of sibling group size. Solving for main effects in the interactions that include sibship size by the gender composition of the sibling group, we find that having all sons affords the most beneficial consequences for marital happiness. The daughter-only groups have nonsignificant effects, and the mixed-gender sibships have the most deleterious influence on maternal marital happiness. Within a subsample of mixed-gender sibships only, we further find that mothers who have more boys than girls are more likely to report higher marital gratification. Generally speaking, our research demonstrates the need to examine both main and interaction effects of family structure on marital happiness. |
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Bibliography Citation
Mizell, C. André and Lala Carr Steelman. "All My Children: The Consequences of Sibling Group Characteristics on the Marital Happiness of Young Mothers." Journal of Family Issues 21, 7 (October 2000): 858-887.
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