Do Neighborhood and Home Contexts Help Explain Why Low-Income Children Miss Opportunities to Participate in Activities outside of School?
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| Title: | Do Neighborhood and Home Contexts Help Explain Why Low-Income Children Miss Opportunities to Participate in Activities outside of School? |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Dearing, Eric, Wimer, Christopher, Simpkins, Sandra D. |
| Source: | Developmental Psychology. Nov 2009 45(6):1545-1562. |
| Availability: | American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org/publications |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Neighborhoods, Family Income, Effect Size, Child Development, Low Income, Family Environment, Extracurricular Activities, Elementary School Students, Student Participation, Stimulation, Cognitive Development, Poverty |
| DOI: | 10.1037/a0017359 |
| ISSN: | 0012-1649 |
| Abstract: | In this study, children's participation (N = 1,420) in activities outside of elementary school was examined as a function of disparities in family income using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Child Development Supplement. Children's neighborhood and home environments were investigated as mechanisms linking income disparities and participation rates. Family income was positively associated with children's participation in activities, with the largest effect sizes evident for children at the lowest end of the income distribution. Affluence in the neighborhood and cognitive stimulation in the home were both important mediators of the association between income and participation, explaining from approximately one tenth to one half of the estimated associations between income and participation. (Contains 12 footnotes, 7 tables, and 1 figure.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 85 |
| Entry Date: | 2009 |
| Accession Number: | EJ861709 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | In this study, children's participation (N = 1,420) in activities outside of elementary school was examined as a function of disparities in family income using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Child Development Supplement. Children's neighborhood and home environments were investigated as mechanisms linking income disparities and participation rates. Family income was positively associated with children's participation in activities, with the largest effect sizes evident for children at the lowest end of the income distribution. Affluence in the neighborhood and cognitive stimulation in the home were both important mediators of the association between income and participation, explaining from approximately one tenth to one half of the estimated associations between income and participation. (Contains 12 footnotes, 7 tables, and 1 figure.) |
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| ISSN: | 0012-1649 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/a0017359 |
