Parental work schedules and children's cognitive trajectories

Description:

A study of the associations between parental nonstandard work schedules and children's reading and math trajectories measured at ages 5 and 6 and at 13 and 14 and an examination of the possible mediating influences of after school care, parent-child relationship quality, and home environment, based on data from 7,105 children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Han Wen-Jui; Fox Liana E.

Funder(s):

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.); Columbia University

Country:

United States

Date Issued:

October, 2011

Journal Title:

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volume Number:

Issue Number:

Page Range:

962-980

Topics:

1. Children & Child Development > 1.2. Child Development & School Readiness > 1.2.5. Cognitive Development

2. Parents & Families > 2.4. Parent/Family Practices and Structure > 2.4.2. Families & Work

6. Programs, Interventions & Curricula > 6.1. Programs > 6.1.8. Out-Of-School Time

ISSN:

1741-3737

Online

0022-2445

Paper

Peer Reviewed:

Yes

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