Home improvements: Within-family associations between income and the quality of children's home environments
Home improvements: Within-family associations between income and the quality of children's home environments
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DOI：
10.1016/j.appdev.2007.06.008
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发表时间：
2007-09-01
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3
通讯作者：
Taylor, Beck A.
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作者：
Dearing, Eric;Taylor, Beck A.
使用国家儿童健康和人类发展研究所早期儿童保育和青年发展研究的数据（n = 1364），研究了收入变化与婴儿期和幼儿期家庭环境变化之间的家庭内关联。线性和非线性（即，半对数）规格估计家庭收入。此外，收入影响的变化估计为一个功能的发展刺激资源在家庭在婴儿早期。家庭收入的增加与儿童家庭环境质量的提高呈正相关。对于低收入和低质量早期家庭环境的家庭，收入的估计影响最大。这些结果对于可能需要货币投资的房屋的物理特征以及房屋的心理社会特征是显而易见的。(c)2007年爱思唯尔公司All rights reserved.
Within-family associations between changes in income and changes in the home environment during infancy and early childhood were examined using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (n = 1364). Linear and nonlinear (i.e., semilog) specifications were estimated for family income. In addition, variations in income effects were estimated as a function of the level of developmentally stimulating resources in homes during early infancy. Increases in family income were positively associated with increases in the quality of children's home environments. The estimated effects of income were largest for families who had low incomes and low-quality early home environments. These results were evident for physical characteristics of the home that likely required monetary investments, as well as for psychosocial characteristics of the home. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.