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Ziol-Guest, Kathleen M.; Duncan, Greg J.; Kalil, Ariel – Education Next, 2015
One of the most alarming social trends in the past 40 years is the increasing educational disadvantage of children raised in low-income families. Differences between low- and high-income children in reading and math achievement are much larger now than they were several decades ago, as are differences in college graduation rates. What might…
Descriptors: One Parent Family, Educational Attainment, Educationally Disadvantaged, Family Income
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Kalil, 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