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Title: Income Changes and Cognitive Stimulation in Young Children's Home Learning Environments
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Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth |
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Income Changes and Cognitive Stimulation in Young Children's Home Learning Environments Working Paper No. 312, Joint Center for Poverty Research, October 2002. Also: http://www.jcpr.org/wpfiles/Votruba-Drzal.pdf Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Joint Center for Poverty Research Keyword(s): Cognitive Development; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Household Income; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Preschool Children; School Entry/Readiness Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. Early home learning environments are the result of interactions between the developing child and the opportunity structures provided by the family. Income is one of several resources that affect the cognitive stimulation that children experience. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (N=2174) this study examines the influence of household income on cognitive stimulation during the transition to school (3-4 years old to 7-8 years old). Cross-sectional and longitudinal fixed effects regressions are estimated to examine income's effect. Household income was positively related to the level of cognitive stimulation in children's home environments across both sets of analyses. Home environments of children in low-income households were particularly sensitive to income changes over time. The implications of these results for programs and policies that reduce disparities in school readiness are discussed. This study focuses on five birth cohorts of children captured in the NLSY-CS at age 3-4 (time 1) and then again at age 7-8 (time 2), to maximize the focus on school readiness. (Uses the cognitive subscale of the HOME as an outcome measure.) |
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Bibliography Citation
Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth. "Income Changes and Cognitive Stimulation in Young Children's Home Learning Environments." Working Paper No. 312, Joint Center for Poverty Research, October 2002. |