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Direct linkKalil, Ariel; Ziol-Guest, Kathleen M. – Child Development, 2005
The links between single mothers' employment patterns and change over time in the well-being of the mothers' adolescent children were investigated using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Adolescents were ages 14 to 16 at baseline, and they and their mothers were followed for 2 years. Relative to being continuously employed in a good job,…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Dropouts, Mothers, Family Income
Peer reviewedKalil, Ariel; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Child Development, 1998
Investigated parenting behavior, parent/adolescent relationship, and adolescent attitudes and behaviors in three family types. Results showed minimal support for the hypothesis that welfare is negatively related to family processes and adolescent attitudes and behavior, although mothers receiving welfare reported fewer effective parent-management…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Child Rearing
