Work-based antipoverty programs for parents can enhance the school performance and social behavior of children
Work-based antipoverty programs for parents can enhance the school performance and social behavior of children
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DOI：
10.1111/1467-8624.00281
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发表时间：
2001-01-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Ventura, A
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作者：
Huston, AC;Duncan, GJ;Ventura, A
我们评估了新希望工程的影响，这是一个在随机分配实验设计中测试的反贫困项目，对学龄前和学龄儿童的家庭功能和发展结果（N = 913）。新希望提供足以使家庭收入超过贫困线的工资补贴，并为全职工作的成年人提供儿童保育和医疗保险补贴。据教师报告，新希望对男孩的学业成绩、课堂行为技巧、积极的社会行为和问题行为，以及男孩自己对高等教育和职业抱负的期望，都有很强的积极影响。对女孩没有相应的效果。孩子们的结果可能是由以下因素综合造成的：与对照组家庭的孩子相比，新希望家庭的孩子花更多的时间参加正规的儿童保育项目和其他有组织的活动。与对照样本的父母相比，新希望的父母有更多的工作，有更多的物质资源，有更多的社会支持，对实现目标表现出更少的压力和更乐观。研究结果表明，为兼顾工作和家庭责任提供支持的反贫困项目对学龄儿童的发展有有益的影响。
We assess the impact of the New Hope Project, an antipoverty program tested in a random assignment experimental design, on family functioning and developmental outcomes for preschool- and school-aged children (N = 913). New Hope offered wage supplements sufficient to raise family income above the poverty threshold and subsidies for child care and health insurance to adults who worked full-time. New Hope had strong positive effects on boys' academic achievement, classroom behavior skills, positive social behavior, and problem behaviors, as reported by teachers, and on boys' own expectations for advanced education and occupational aspirations. There were not corresponding program effects for girls. The child outcomes may have resulted from a combination of the following: Children in New Hope families spent more time in formal child care programs and other structured activities away from home than did children in control families. New Hope parents were employed more, had more material resources, reported more social support, and expressed less stress and more optimism about achieving their goals than did parents in the control sample. The results suggest that an anti-poverty program that provides support for combining work and family responsibilities can have beneficial effects on the development of school-age children.