Multigenerational Households and the School Readiness of Children Born to Unmarried Mothers

Following the ongoing increase in nonmarital fertility, policy makers have looked for ways to limit the disadvantages faced by children of unmarried mothers. Recent initiatives included marriage promotion and welfare-to-work programs. Yet policy might also consider the promotion of three generationa...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Journal of family issues 2013-04, Vol.34 (4), p.431-459
Hauptverfasser: Augustine, Jennifer March, Raley, R. Kelly
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
container_end_page 459
container_issue 4
container_start_page 431
container_title Journal of family issues
container_volume 34
creator Augustine, Jennifer March
Raley, R. Kelly
description Following the ongoing increase in nonmarital fertility, policy makers have looked for ways to limit the disadvantages faced by children of unmarried mothers. Recent initiatives included marriage promotion and welfare-to-work programs. Yet policy might also consider the promotion of three generational households. We know little about whether multigenerational households benefit children of unwed mothers, although they are mandated for unmarried teen mothers applying for welfare benefits. Multigenerational households are also becoming increasingly common. Thus, using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (N = 217), this study examines whether grandparent-headed coresidential households benefit preschool-aged children’s school readiness, employing propensity score techniques to account for selection into these households. Findings reveal living with a grandparent is not associated with child outcomes for families that select into such arrangements but is positively associated with reading scores and behavior problems for families with a low propensity to coreside. The implications of these findings for policy are discussed.
doi_str_mv 10.1177/0192513X12439177
format Article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>proquest_pubme</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3706187</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><ericid>EJ1013178</ericid><sage_id>10.1177_0192513X12439177</sage_id><sourcerecordid>2901052471</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c517t-34100c4949e2264f13c840d1178d8286940fe6d838a2ce0d2b4f3cb3f481c5cd3</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNqFkc9rFDEUx4NY7Fq9e1ECXrxMza-ZJBehLtVWWgS1IHgYssmbnZRsUpMZwf_eLNsutSDm8iDfz3vf9wOhF5QcUyrlW0I1ayn_Tpngun48QgvatqxphaKP0WIrN1v9ED0t5ZrUJ4V-gg4ZV0JyTRbox-UcJr-GCNlMPkUT8FmaC4wpuIJNdHgaAX-1Y0oBfwHjfIRScBrwcvTBZYj4fcoRTwlfxY3J2YPDl6km5fIMHQwmFHh-G4_Q1YfTb8uz5uLzx_PlyUVjWyqnhgtKiBVaaGCsEwPlVgni6oDKKaY6LcgAnVNcGWaBOLYSA7crPtQhbWsdP0LvdnVv5tUGnIU4ZRP6m-xrQ7_7ZHz_txL92K_Tr55L0lEla4E3twVy-jlDmfqNLxZCMBHqMnqqWNdK1kr-f1Qw3XGtdFvR1w_Q6zTnuuFKcco4V1qpSpEdZXMqJcOw75uSfnvk_uGRa8qr-_PuE-6uWoGXOwCyt3v59BMl1VhuPZudXswa7nX1L8M_ZLS4Dg</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Open Access Repository</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>1312338988</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Multigenerational Households and the School Readiness of Children Born to Unmarried Mothers</title><source>SAGE Complete A-Z List</source><source>Sociological Abstracts</source><creator>Augustine, Jennifer March ; Raley, R. Kelly</creator><creatorcontrib>Augustine, Jennifer March ; Raley, R. Kelly</creatorcontrib><description>Following the ongoing increase in nonmarital fertility, policy makers have looked for ways to limit the disadvantages faced by children of unmarried mothers. Recent initiatives included marriage promotion and welfare-to-work programs. Yet policy might also consider the promotion of three generational households. We know little about whether multigenerational households benefit children of unwed mothers, although they are mandated for unmarried teen mothers applying for welfare benefits. Multigenerational households are also becoming increasingly common. Thus, using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (N = 217), this study examines whether grandparent-headed coresidential households benefit preschool-aged children’s school readiness, employing propensity score techniques to account for selection into these households. Findings reveal living with a grandparent is not associated with child outcomes for families that select into such arrangements but is positively associated with reading scores and behavior problems for families with a low propensity to coreside. The implications of these findings for policy are discussed.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0192-513X</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1552-5481</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1177/0192513X12439177</identifier><identifier>PMID: 23847390</identifier><identifier>CODEN: JFISDT</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications</publisher><subject>Behavior Problems ; Child Development ; Children ; Children &amp; youth ; Family ; Family Structure ; Fertility ; Grandparents ; Heads of Households ; Households ; Interpersonal Relationship ; Least Squares Statistics ; Longitudinal Studies ; Marital Status ; Marriage ; Measures (Individuals) ; Mothers ; National Surveys ; Outcome Measures ; Personal Responsibility and Work Opp Recon Act ; Policy Making ; Predictor Variables ; Preschool Children ; Probability ; Racial Differences ; Reading Ability ; Regression (Statistics) ; School Readiness ; Schools ; Tables (Data) ; Time ; Unwed Mothers ; Validity ; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III ; Welfare Reform ; Woodcock Johnson Psycho Educational Battery</subject><ispartof>Journal of family issues, 2013-04, Vol.34 (4), p.431-459</ispartof><rights>The Author(s) 2012</rights><rights>Copyright SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. Apr 2013</rights><rights>The Author(s) 2012 2012</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><oa>free_for_read</oa><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c517t-34100c4949e2264f13c840d1178d8286940fe6d838a2ce0d2b4f3cb3f481c5cd3</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c517t-34100c4949e2264f13c840d1178d8286940fe6d838a2ce0d2b4f3cb3f481c5cd3</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0192513X12439177$$EPDF$$P50$$Gsage$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0192513X12439177$$EHTML$$P50$$Gsage$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>230,314,776,780,881,21798,27901,27902,33751,33752,43597,43598</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttp://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=EJ1013178$$DView record in ERIC$$Hfree_for_read</backlink><backlink>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23847390$$D View this record in MEDLINE/PubMed$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Augustine, Jennifer March</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Raley, R. Kelly</creatorcontrib><title>Multigenerational Households and the School Readiness of Children Born to Unmarried Mothers</title><title>Journal of family issues</title><addtitle>J Fam Issues</addtitle><description>Following the ongoing increase in nonmarital fertility, policy makers have looked for ways to limit the disadvantages faced by children of unmarried mothers. Recent initiatives included marriage promotion and welfare-to-work programs. Yet policy might also consider the promotion of three generational households. We know little about whether multigenerational households benefit children of unwed mothers, although they are mandated for unmarried teen mothers applying for welfare benefits. Multigenerational households are also becoming increasingly common. Thus, using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (N = 217), this study examines whether grandparent-headed coresidential households benefit preschool-aged children’s school readiness, employing propensity score techniques to account for selection into these households. Findings reveal living with a grandparent is not associated with child outcomes for families that select into such arrangements but is positively associated with reading scores and behavior problems for families with a low propensity to coreside. The implications of these findings for policy are discussed.</description><subject>Behavior Problems</subject><subject>Child Development</subject><subject>Children</subject><subject>Children &amp; youth</subject><subject>Family</subject><subject>Family Structure</subject><subject>Fertility</subject><subject>Grandparents</subject><subject>Heads of Households</subject><subject>Households</subject><subject>Interpersonal Relationship</subject><subject>Least Squares Statistics</subject><subject>Longitudinal Studies</subject><subject>Marital Status</subject><subject>Marriage</subject><subject>Measures (Individuals)</subject><subject>Mothers</subject><subject>National Surveys</subject><subject>Outcome Measures</subject><subject>Personal Responsibility and Work Opp Recon Act</subject><subject>Policy Making</subject><subject>Predictor Variables</subject><subject>Preschool Children</subject><subject>Probability</subject><subject>Racial Differences</subject><subject>Reading Ability</subject><subject>Regression (Statistics)</subject><subject>School Readiness</subject><subject>Schools</subject><subject>Tables (Data)</subject><subject>Time</subject><subject>Unwed Mothers</subject><subject>Validity</subject><subject>Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III</subject><subject>Welfare Reform</subject><subject>Woodcock Johnson Psycho Educational Battery</subject><issn>0192-513X</issn><issn>1552-5481</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2013</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>BHHNA</sourceid><recordid>eNqFkc9rFDEUx4NY7Fq9e1ECXrxMza-ZJBehLtVWWgS1IHgYssmbnZRsUpMZwf_eLNsutSDm8iDfz3vf9wOhF5QcUyrlW0I1ayn_Tpngun48QgvatqxphaKP0WIrN1v9ED0t5ZrUJ4V-gg4ZV0JyTRbox-UcJr-GCNlMPkUT8FmaC4wpuIJNdHgaAX-1Y0oBfwHjfIRScBrwcvTBZYj4fcoRTwlfxY3J2YPDl6km5fIMHQwmFHh-G4_Q1YfTb8uz5uLzx_PlyUVjWyqnhgtKiBVaaGCsEwPlVgni6oDKKaY6LcgAnVNcGWaBOLYSA7crPtQhbWsdP0LvdnVv5tUGnIU4ZRP6m-xrQ7_7ZHz_txL92K_Tr55L0lEla4E3twVy-jlDmfqNLxZCMBHqMnqqWNdK1kr-f1Qw3XGtdFvR1w_Q6zTnuuFKcco4V1qpSpEdZXMqJcOw75uSfnvk_uGRa8qr-_PuE-6uWoGXOwCyt3v59BMl1VhuPZudXswa7nX1L8M_ZLS4Dg</recordid><startdate>201304</startdate><enddate>201304</enddate><creator>Augustine, Jennifer March</creator><creator>Raley, R. Kelly</creator><general>SAGE Publications</general><general>SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC</general><scope>7SW</scope><scope>BJH</scope><scope>BNH</scope><scope>BNI</scope><scope>BNJ</scope><scope>BNO</scope><scope>ERI</scope><scope>PET</scope><scope>REK</scope><scope>WWN</scope><scope>NPM</scope><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>7U4</scope><scope>BHHNA</scope><scope>DWI</scope><scope>WZK</scope><scope>7X8</scope><scope>5PM</scope></search><sort><creationdate>201304</creationdate><title>Multigenerational Households and the School Readiness of Children Born to Unmarried Mothers</title><author>Augustine, Jennifer March ; Raley, R. Kelly</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c517t-34100c4949e2264f13c840d1178d8286940fe6d838a2ce0d2b4f3cb3f481c5cd3</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2013</creationdate><topic>Behavior Problems</topic><topic>Child Development</topic><topic>Children</topic><topic>Children &amp; youth</topic><topic>Family</topic><topic>Family Structure</topic><topic>Fertility</topic><topic>Grandparents</topic><topic>Heads of Households</topic><topic>Households</topic><topic>Interpersonal Relationship</topic><topic>Least Squares Statistics</topic><topic>Longitudinal Studies</topic><topic>Marital Status</topic><topic>Marriage</topic><topic>Measures (Individuals)</topic><topic>Mothers</topic><topic>National Surveys</topic><topic>Outcome Measures</topic><topic>Personal Responsibility and Work Opp Recon Act</topic><topic>Policy Making</topic><topic>Predictor Variables</topic><topic>Preschool Children</topic><topic>Probability</topic><topic>Racial Differences</topic><topic>Reading Ability</topic><topic>Regression (Statistics)</topic><topic>School Readiness</topic><topic>Schools</topic><topic>Tables (Data)</topic><topic>Time</topic><topic>Unwed Mothers</topic><topic>Validity</topic><topic>Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III</topic><topic>Welfare Reform</topic><topic>Woodcock Johnson Psycho Educational Battery</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Augustine, Jennifer March</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Raley, R. Kelly</creatorcontrib><collection>ERIC</collection><collection>ERIC (Ovid)</collection><collection>ERIC</collection><collection>ERIC</collection><collection>ERIC (Legacy Platform)</collection><collection>ERIC( SilverPlatter )</collection><collection>ERIC</collection><collection>ERIC PlusText (Legacy Platform)</collection><collection>Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)</collection><collection>ERIC</collection><collection>PubMed</collection><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts (pre-2017)</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts (Ovid)</collection><collection>MEDLINE - Academic</collection><collection>PubMed Central (Full Participant titles)</collection><jtitle>Journal of family issues</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Augustine, Jennifer March</au><au>Raley, R. Kelly</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><ericid>EJ1013178</ericid><atitle>Multigenerational Households and the School Readiness of Children Born to Unmarried Mothers</atitle><jtitle>Journal of family issues</jtitle><addtitle>J Fam Issues</addtitle><date>2013-04</date><risdate>2013</risdate><volume>34</volume><issue>4</issue><spage>431</spage><epage>459</epage><pages>431-459</pages><issn>0192-513X</issn><eissn>1552-5481</eissn><coden>JFISDT</coden><abstract>Following the ongoing increase in nonmarital fertility, policy makers have looked for ways to limit the disadvantages faced by children of unmarried mothers. Recent initiatives included marriage promotion and welfare-to-work programs. Yet policy might also consider the promotion of three generational households. We know little about whether multigenerational households benefit children of unwed mothers, although they are mandated for unmarried teen mothers applying for welfare benefits. Multigenerational households are also becoming increasingly common. Thus, using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (N = 217), this study examines whether grandparent-headed coresidential households benefit preschool-aged children’s school readiness, employing propensity score techniques to account for selection into these households. Findings reveal living with a grandparent is not associated with child outcomes for families that select into such arrangements but is positively associated with reading scores and behavior problems for families with a low propensity to coreside. The implications of these findings for policy are discussed.</abstract><cop>Los Angeles, CA</cop><pub>SAGE Publications</pub><pmid>23847390</pmid><doi>10.1177/0192513X12439177</doi><tpages>29</tpages><oa>free_for_read</oa></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 0192-513X
ispartof Journal of family issues, 2013-04, Vol.34 (4), p.431-459
issn 0192-513X
1552-5481
language eng
recordid cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3706187
source SAGE Complete A-Z List; Sociological Abstracts
subjects Behavior Problems
Child Development
Children
Children & youth
Family
Family Structure
Fertility
Grandparents
Heads of Households
Households
Interpersonal Relationship
Least Squares Statistics
Longitudinal Studies
Marital Status
Marriage
Measures (Individuals)
Mothers
National Surveys
Outcome Measures
Personal Responsibility and Work Opp Recon Act
Policy Making
Predictor Variables
Preschool Children
Probability
Racial Differences
Reading Ability
Regression (Statistics)
School Readiness
Schools
Tables (Data)
Time
Unwed Mothers
Validity
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III
Welfare Reform
Woodcock Johnson Psycho Educational Battery
title Multigenerational Households and the School Readiness of Children Born to Unmarried Mothers
url https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-02-15T10%3A30%3A29IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest_pubme&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Multigenerational%20Households%20and%20the%20School%20Readiness%20of%20Children%20Born%20to%20Unmarried%20Mothers&rft.jtitle=Journal%20of%20family%20issues&rft.au=Augustine,%20Jennifer%20March&rft.date=2013-04&rft.volume=34&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=431&rft.epage=459&rft.pages=431-459&rft.issn=0192-513X&rft.eissn=1552-5481&rft.coden=JFISDT&rft_id=info:doi/10.1177/0192513X12439177&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_pubme%3E2901052471%3C/proquest_pubme%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=1312338988&rft_id=info:pmid/23847390&rft_ericid=EJ1013178&rft_sage_id=10.1177_0192513X12439177&rfr_iscdi=true