A Review of the Literature on the Social and Economic Determinants of Parental Time

Monna, Berenice; Gauthier, Anne H.

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“…Our evidence shows that boys are especially vulnerable to negative educational influences of non-traditional households. Differential responses to shocks (Sax 2006) or relatively less attention from (single) mothers (Gauthier and Monna 2008) may explain why boys are faring worse than girls. We suspect, however, that the gender gap is likely because boys in non-traditional homes feel more pressure to exit the school system for low wage work, rather than hazard another six or more years of school.…”

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“…For males who are already behind or struggling in school, it may be more inviting to secure the immediate benefits of a low wage job rather than face another six (or more) years of education in order to access better wages. Gauthier and Monna (2008) provide another explanation. They find that gender seems to be significant in determining the amount of time that parents spend with their children.…”

Section: Changes In Children's Education In Uruguaymentioning

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“…In a recent summary of the literature on parental time, Gauthier and Monna (2008) find few differences in the parental time allocation patterns of cohabitating and married parents, while single or divorced parents spend less time with their children as compared to biological two parent families. The in-school experience of children from non-traditional homes may not be very different from that of their classmates from traditional families, but after school these youth may experience divergent outcomes depending upon the level of parental supervision, exposure to peers, skill-building opportunities, and time with family members that they experience (Astone et al 2007).…”

Section: Mechanisms Behind Findings Of Previous Studiesmentioning

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Family Structure and Children’s Education Outcome: Evidence from Uruguay

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Stokes

2012

J Fam Econ Iss

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As the developed world has experienced a shift away from the traditional two-biological parent family, scholars have sought to understand how children are faring in non-traditional homes. Debate has arisen over assertions that children from non-traditional families do less well in school. Concerns about selection issues as well as a paucity of cross-cultural evidence, have led some scholars to question the influence of family structure on educational attainment.Using data from the 2006 Uruguayan household survey, we evaluate the relationship of family structure with children's education using two different methods to deal with selection problems, an instrumental variables approach and propensity score matching. Both approaches yield evidence that growing up in non-traditional family structures seems to be negative related with the schooling of Uruguayan boys, with more muted results for girls. Interestingly, Uruguay is a developing country with two peculiarities, that is, a culture that experienced fairly rapid modernization in terms of institutions -including family transition-, especially compared with other South American nations, and meanwhile an intriguing high level of school drop-out, unusually high for Uruguay's overall level of development. (JEL: I2, J1)

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Family Structure and Children’s Education Outcome: Evidence from Uruguay

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2012

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“…The literature shows that, in general, women retain the primary responsibility for the care of children and, therefore, tend to spend more time with them compared to fathers (15) . This might be explained by cultural characteristics generally existing in Western societies that childcare is usually responsibility of women.…”

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Percepção da associação entre estimulação ambiental e desenvolvimento normal por mães de crianças nos três primeiros anos de vida

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Rev. paul. pediatr.

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OBJETIVO: Avaliar a percepção das mães de crianças entre zero e três anos sobre a associação da estimulação ambiental e o desenvolvimento normal das crianças atendidas em uma unidade de saúde em São Luís, Maranhão, e identificar o nível de entendimento das mães quanto à estimulação do ambiente familiar em que a criança está inserida. MÉTODOS: Realizou-se pesquisa qualitativa exploratória. Os sujeitos estudados foram 15 mães de crianças de zero a três anos atendidas na Unidade de Saúde Antônio Carlos Reis, Cidade Olímpica, em São Luís, Maranhão, de outubro de 2009 a março de 2010. Os instrumentos da coleta de dados foram prontuários médicos, entrevistas semiestruturadas aplicadas em domicílio com pais, observação participante e visita domiciliar. RESULTADOS: A maioria das mães pesquisadas era adolescente, solteira, do lar, com ensino fundamental incompleto e renda familiar de 0 a 0,5 salário mínimo. As principais dificuldades encontradas foram: despreparo em educar os filhos, baixo nível de resolutividade das situações cotidianas e ausência paterna na convivência familiar. Analisou-se o modo como as mães associam as carências ambientais e o desenvolvimento infantil normal. CONCLUSÕES: As mães apresentaram percepção relativa ao ambiente em que seus filhos vivem e que a falta de estimulação nestes ambientes interfere no desenvolvimento de tais crianças. Observou-se, assim, a necessidade de melhora dos níveis de estimulação e dos vínculos entre criança, família e profissionais de saúde.

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“…Generally, parental time is measured by using direct observation, questioning, and time diaries (Monna & Gauthier, 2008). Time diaries are considered the best measure (Folbre et al, 2005) although not without challenges.…”

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Time Spent with Children and Working Parents' Willingness to Medicate ADHD-like Behaviors

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A Review of the Literature on the Social and Economic Determinants of Parental Time

Abstract: Child care, Family policy, Parenting, Time use,

Cited by 139 publications

References 120 publications

Family Structure and Children’s Education Outcome: Evidence from Uruguay

Family Structure and Children’s Education Outcome: Evidence from Uruguay

Percepção da associação entre estimulação ambiental e desenvolvimento normal por mães de crianças nos três primeiros anos de vida

Time Spent with Children and Working Parents' Willingness to Medicate ADHD-like Behaviors

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