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Author: Tout, Kathryn
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1. Tout, Kathryn
Zaslow, Martha J.
Mariner, Carrie L.
Halle, Tamara G.
Interviewer Ratings of Mother-Child Interaction and the Home Environment in the Context of Survey Research: Contributions and Concerns
Methods Working Paper #98.5, Washington DC: Child Trends, Inc., 1998.
Also: http://www.childtrends.org/files/pubs/1998-11InterviewerRatingsofMotherChildInteractionandtheHomeEnvironmentintheContextofSurveyResearch.pdf
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Child Trends, Inc.
Keyword(s): Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Interviewer Characteristics; Interviewing Method; Parenting Skills/Styles

The purpose of these analyses is to test the reliability and validity of interviewer ratings of maternal/child interactions and the home environment as used in the survey adaptation of the HOME inventory, the HOME-Short Form. Although the results indicate that interviewer ratings are internally consistent and contribute to the prediction of child outcomes (albeit only slightly, there are a number of warning signs which suggest that further attention needs to be directed at improving the quality of interviewer ratings before they become a standard component of survey design. In particular, across-time and across-interviewer agreement was quite low, not even approaching acceptable levels particularly of inter-rater reliability. In addition, we saw no significant correlations between the maternal report and interviewer rating components comprising particular HOME-SF subscales.
Bibliography Citation
Tout, Kathryn, Martha J. Zaslow, Carrie L. Mariner and Tamara G. Halle. "Interviewer Ratings of Mother-Child Interaction and the Home Environment in the Context of Survey Research: Contributions and Concerns." Methods Working Paper #98.5, Washington DC: Child Trends, Inc., 1998.
2. Zaslow, Martha J.
Tout, Kathryn
Botsko, Christopher
Moore, Kristin Anderson
Welfare Reform and Children: Potential Implications
Number A-23 in Series, "New Federalism: Issues and Options for States". Washington, DC: Urban Institute, June 1998.
Also: http://www.urban.org/publications/308014.html
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Urban Institute
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Care; Children; Maternal Employment; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); State Welfare; Welfare

Findings from recent welfare-to-work evaluations point to evidence of program impacts on maternal psychological well-being and on parent-child interaction and the children's home environments.

Adults are typically the focus of welfare policies and programs, even though children comprise a majority of public assistance recipients. In 1995, about two-thirds of those receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children each month were children.1 Moreover, key provisions in the most recent welfare legislation, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), have implications for children.

Based on research findings from welfare-to-work program evaluations and from basic research on child development, we conclude that welfare reform can affect children in diverse ways. These effects will vary depending on state and local policies, family characteristics and risk status, patterns of maternal employment, and children's experiences in the home and in nonmaternal care settings.

Bibliography Citation
Zaslow, Martha J., Kathryn Tout, Christopher Botsko and Kristin Anderson Moore. Welfare Reform and Children: Potential Implications. Number A-23 in Series, "New Federalism: Issues and Options for States". Washington, DC: Urban Institute, June 1998..