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Title: Causal Structure of Children's Cognitive Outcomes: Effects of Family Economic Well-Being and Family Structure
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Greenstein, Theodore N. |
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Causal Structure of Children's Cognitive Outcomes: Effects of Family Economic Well-Being and Family Structure Presented: Chicago, IL, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, August 1999 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Children; Children, Home Environment; Cognitive Ability; Family Structure; Fathers, Presence; Marital Status; Maternal Employment Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. To study the effects of family structure & economic circumstances on child cognitive ability, the 1986-1994 Child Supplements to the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were used to make 4 synthetic cohorts of children ages 5-12. Using these data, a structural equation model of the process through which family structure & economic circumstances affect child cognitive ability was tested. Results indicate that (1) the effects of family income on cognitive ability are indirect & mediated by quality of the child's home environment; (2) while family structure variables, e.g., mother's marital status & presence of the child's father in the household, have modest effects on cognitive ability, their effects are transmitted primarily through quality of the home environment; & (3) maternal employment has little effect on child cognitive ability. |
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Greenstein, Theodore N. "Causal Structure of Children's Cognitive Outcomes: Effects of Family Economic Well-Being and Family Structure." Presented: Chicago, IL, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, August 1999. |