Parental Unions, Parental Transfers and Child Well-Being

家长工会、家长转学和儿童福祉

• 批准号: 6723749
• 负责人: HIROMI ONO
• 金额: $ 0.8万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-07-01 至 2005-08-16
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6723749
• 关键词: academic achievement; adolescence (12-20); behavioral /social science research tag; child (0-11); clinical research; cognition; family structure /dynamics; human data; longitudinal human study; marriage /marital status; parent offspring interaction; quality of life; sibling relations; social behavior; socioeconomics

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The number of children raised by parents whose unions have dissolved is increasing with the recent demographic shifts, such as the increase in the rates of single motherhood and cohabitation. Quite a few previous studies report that these children are disadvantaged relative to children who live with continuously married parents. Why the well-being of the children of dissolved unions is compromised is not well known. The disadvantage has been partly attributed to the biological parents' poor socioeconomic circumstances. However, few studies have systematically investigated other potential contributors. Economic/evolutionary theories and a structural theory of the family suggest two additional, but contrasting, contributors. The economic/evolutionary theories suggest that the amount of resources transferred from a step-parent is smaller than the amount of transferred from a biological parent. They also suggest that resources from step-parents have relatively little beneficial impact on child well-being. A structural theory of the family implies that the type of parental union in which the children of dissolved unions are placed (e.g., a remarriage) diminishes the level, and the beneficial impact, of parental transfers on the well-being of children. An investigation of whether the amount and the impact of parental transfers differ by parent type or parental union type has major implications for theories of intergenerational transfers and the family, and for social policy. The goals of this project are to examine: a) whether there are differentials in the amount of money children receive from parents and the amount of time children spend with parents by parent composition/type or union type, controlling for the parents' and children's characteristics; and b) whether there are differentials in the beneficial impact of a dollar from parents, or a minute spent with a parent, on the cognitive/academic well-being of children by parent composition/type or union type. Children of divorce and children of non-marriage will be analyzed separately. The NLSY, 1997 cohort, 1997-2001, and the Child Development Supplement, 1997-2001, combined with the core data of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, 1968-2001, will be analyzed to accomplish these goals.

描述（由申请人提供）：随着最近的人口结构变化，例如单身母亲和同居率的增加，由工会解散的父母抚养的孩子数量正在增加。以前的一些研究报告说，这些儿童相对于与连续结婚的父母生活在一起的儿童处于不利地位。为什么解散工会的子女的福祉受到损害并不为人所知。 这种不利条件的部分原因是生身父母的社会经济状况不佳。 然而，很少有研究系统地调查其他潜在的贡献者。经济/进化理论和家庭结构理论提出了另外两个不同的贡献者。经济/进化理论认为，从继父母那里转移的资源数量小于从亲生父母那里转移的资源数量。他们还认为，继父母提供的资源对儿童福祉的有益影响相对较小。家庭的结构理论意味着，父母结合的类型，其中解散工会的子女被安置（例如，再婚）削弱了父母的转移对子女福祉的水平和有益影响。调查父母转移的数量和影响是否因父母类型或父母联盟类型而异，对代际转移和家庭理论以及社会政策具有重要意义。该项目的目标是审查：（a）儿童从父母那里得到的钱的数量和儿童与父母在一起的时间的数量是否因父母的组成/类型或工会类型而有差异，同时控制父母和儿童的特点;以及B）来自父母的一美元或与父母共度的一分钟的有益影响是否存在差异，按父母组成/类型或工会类型对儿童的认知/学术福祉的影响。离婚子女和非婚子女将分别进行分析。为了实现这些目标，将对1997-2001年全国劳动力统计调查和1997-2001年儿童发展补充资料以及1968-2001年收入动态小组研究的核心数据进行分析。