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Author: Zhang, Lihui
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Burton, Peter Phipps, Shelley Zhang, Lihui |
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From Parent to Child: Emerging Inequality in Outcomes for Children in Canada and the U.S. Child Indicators Research 6,2 (June 2013): 363-400. Also: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12187-012-9175-1/fulltext.html Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY); Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Children, Poverty; Comparison Group (Reference group); Cross-national Analysis; Educational Aspirations/Expectations; Educational Attainment; Family Income; Income Distribution; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In this paper, we ask whether there are Canada/U.S. differences in the extent to which children who were rich versus poor during their early years have developed differences in outcomes by the time they reach adolescence or early adulthood. Using comparable longitudinal data for each country, separate analyses are first conducted for rich compared to poor children living in Canada and rich compared to poor children living in the United States. We then pool data sets to test whether any rich/poor child outcome gaps that have emerged are greater (or smaller) in Canada compared to the U.S. Our data source for Canada is the Statistics Canada National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth and for the U.S. we use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 79, Child-Young Adult supplement. Key findings include: 1) rich child/poor child outcome gaps are evident for all outcomes in both countries; 2) larger gaps between rich and poor children are evident in the U.S. for math scores and high school completion. |
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Burton, Peter, Shelley Phipps and Lihui Zhang. "From Parent to Child: Emerging Inequality in Outcomes for Children in Canada and the U.S." Child Indicators Research 6,2 (June 2013): 363-400.
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Zhang, Lihui |
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Violence in Early Life: A Canada-US Comparison Child Indicators Research 8,2 (June 2015): 299-346. also: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12187-014-9234-x Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Behavior, Antisocial; Behavior, Violent; Bullying/Victimization; Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY); Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Comparison Group (Reference group); Cross-national Analysis; Family Structure; Maternal Employment; Regions Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In this paper, comparable surveys from 1994 to 2008 are used to show that two geographically and culturally connected nations, Canada and the United States (US), have starkly contrasting violence rates among children and youth and that this cross-country violence gap has emerged among those as young as 2 years old for hitting, 4 years old for bullying, and 12 years old for fighting. Such early life differences remain important as children grow up. The US-Canada violence gaps do not appear to reduce as personal and family characteristics are adjusted for, for example, race, family structure, poverty, and region. Policies in areas most relevant for childhood development, including maternity or parental leave, health care, and child care, are compared across the two countries to identify potential areas where more attention may be paid to improve children’s outcomes. |
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Bibliography Citation
Zhang, Lihui. "Violence in Early Life: A Canada-US Comparison." Child Indicators Research 8,2 (June 2015): 299-346.
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