Home moves and child wellbeing in the first five years of life in the United States
Home moves and child wellbeing in the first five years of life in the United States
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DOI：
10.14301/llcs.v7i3.374
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发表时间：
2016-07-01
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0.9
通讯作者：
Lennon, Mary Clare
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作者：
Beck, Brenden;Buttaro, Anthony, Jr.;Lennon, Mary Clare
在美国，将近70%的儿童在五岁时已经搬回家住，少数人搬过不止一次家。这些早年对儿童以后的学习和发展很重要。然而，关于居住流动性对幼儿影响的研究数量有限。文献表明，压力大的家庭事件，不稳定的住房，经济困难，和住宅流动性和儿童福利的邻里条件的重要性。但研究很少同时考察这些方面的影响。我们使用前四波脆弱家庭和儿童福利研究的数据来分析住宅流动性的前兆以及住宅流动性与5岁时儿童行为（N= 2，511）和认知能力（N= 2，033）的关联。使用广义估计方程（GEE），我们发现，移动的频率是由一系列压力的情况下，包括缺乏父母的就业，合作伙伴关系的过渡，父亲的监禁，不稳定的住房保有权，和经济困难的解释。这些情况与搬家的可能性增加有关，即使其他家庭和邻里条件得到控制，这表明搬家是幼儿经历的一系列事件和变化的一部分。使用OLS回归模型，我们发现，对于年幼的孩子，与搬家相关的情况似乎比搬家本身对孩子的福祉更重要，即使孩子经历多次搬家。
By the time they are five years old, nearly 70% of children in the United States have moved home, with a substantial minority moving more than once. These early years are important for children's later learning and development. Yet, there are a limited number of studies of residential mobility's impact on young children. The literature indicates the importance of stressful family events, unstable housing, economic hardship, and neighbourhood conditions for residential mobility and child wellbeing. But research seldom examines the impact of these dimensions simultaneously. We used data from the first four waves of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to analyse precursors of residential mobility and the association of residential mobility with child behavior (N=2,511) and cognitive capabilities (N=2,033) at age five. Using Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE), we find that the frequency of moving is explained by a range of stressful circumstances, including lack of parental employment, partnership transitions, paternal incarceration, unstable housing tenure, and financial hardship. These circumstances are associated with increased likelihood of moving home even when other family and neighbourhood conditions are controlled, suggesting that moving is part of a constellation of events and changes experienced by young children. Using OLS regression models we find that, for young children, the circumstances associated with moving residence appear to be more consequential for child wellbeing than does moving itself, even when children experience multiple moves.