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Snell, Emily K.; Castells, Nina; Duncan, Greg; Gennetian, Lisa; Magnuson, Katherine; Morris, Pamela – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2013
This study uses geocoded address data and information about parents' economic behavior and children's development from four random-assignment welfare and anti-poverty experiments conducted during the 1990s. We find that the impacts of these welfare and anti-poverty programs on boys' and girls' developmental outcomes during the transition to early…
Descriptors: Poverty, Neighborhoods, Males, Child Development
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De Haan, Laura; Boljevac, Tina; Schaefer, Kurt – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2010
The study explores how differences in rural community contexts relate to early adolescent alcohol use. Data were gathered from 1,424 adolescents in the sixth through eighth grades in 22 rural Northern Plains communities, as well as 790 adults, parents, teachers, and community leaders. Multilevel modeling analyses revealed that community…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Community Characteristics, Drinking, Early Adolescents