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Author: Paikoff, Roberta L.
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. Baydar, Nazli
Paikoff, Roberta L.
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne
Effects of Childcare Arrangements on Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes: Evidence from a National Sample of 3-4 Year Olds
Unpublished Manuscript, Seattle WA: Battelle Human Affairs Research Center, 1990
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Battelle Human Affairs Research Center
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Care; General Assessment; Maternal Employment; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT)

Bibliography Citation
Baydar, Nazli, Roberta L. Paikoff and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. "Effects of Childcare Arrangements on Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes: Evidence from a National Sample of 3-4 Year Olds." Unpublished Manuscript, Seattle WA: Battelle Human Affairs Research Center, 1990.
2. Paikoff, Roberta L.
Influence of Grandparent Care on the Verbal and Mathematical Performance of 6-7 Year-Olds
Presented: Seattle, WA, Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, April 1991
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
Keyword(s): Child Care; Child Development; Children, Academic Development; General Assessment; Grandparents; Household Composition; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); Racial Differences

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

In the current study, early experiences with grandparent care and co-residence are examined in association with verbal and mathematical performance in a national sample of six- and seven-year-olds. Effects of child care experience (including primarily maternal, grandparent, sister or center care) during the first three years of life and of residing with a grandparent during the first year of life upon performance on the PPVT-R and PIAT math were examined separately by race for black and white children. A number of sociodemographic factors (including poverty status, mother marital status, employment, cognitive performance, and teenage versus non-teenage mother) were examined as control variables. For black children of both teenage and non-teenage mothers, living in a home above the poverty level for two or more of the first three years of life was associated with better performance on both the PPVT-R and the PIAT. For whites, the interaction of child care experience with having a teenage mother and with grandparent co-residence were both associated with performance on the PPVT-R. Results suggest that grandparent care may be beneficial for black children and for white children of teenage mothers. White children of non-teenage mothers, however, appear not to benefit from grandparent care.
Bibliography Citation
Paikoff, Roberta L. "Influence of Grandparent Care on the Verbal and Mathematical Performance of 6-7 Year-Olds." Presented: Seattle, WA, Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, April 1991.