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Title: Children of Incarcerated Mothers: The Effect of Maternal Incarceration on Child Cognitive, Behavioral and Educational Outcomes
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Wintfield, Jessica |
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Children of Incarcerated Mothers: The Effect of Maternal Incarceration on Child Cognitive, Behavioral and Educational Outcomes Master's Thesis, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University, 2008 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Georgetown Public Policy Institute Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Delinquency/Gang Activity; GED/General Educational Diploma/General Equivalency Degree/General Educational Development; High School Completion/Graduates; High School Diploma; Incarceration/Jail; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. As has been documented, the growing prison population in the United States has increased the number of children who are growing up with a parent in jail or prison. The effect of parental incarceration and maternal incarceration specifically, may be particularly detrimental to child development due to the instability and social stigma that is attached to this particular cause for a parent’s absence from the home. To more fully understand the impact maternal incarceration has on the child, I use the NLSY79 and the associated Child and Young Adult Survey to investigate the effect, if any, of maternal incarceration on the inmate’s child’s cognitive outcomes, behavior and educational attainment. The results of the investigation, however, are largely inconclusive and lead me to suggest that better data collection must be focused on incarcerated women and their children. |
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Wintfield, Jessica. Children of Incarcerated Mothers: The Effect of Maternal Incarceration on Child Cognitive, Behavioral and Educational Outcomes. Master's Thesis, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University, 2008. |