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Ono, Hiromi; Tsai, Hsin-Jen – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
This article investigates the role that parental socioeconomic status plays in forming the racial gap in home computer use among young school-age children. Descriptive statistics from time diary data of 6- to 11-year-olds in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Child Development Supplement, reveal that Black American children spend substantially…
Descriptors: Race, Socioeconomic Status, Heads of Households, Family Income
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Kirschenbaum, Alan – Rural Sociology, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Ecological Factors, Employment Opportunities
Shaw, Lois B. – 1979
A sample of mothers and daughters from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience is examined to find out whether living in a one parent family has any effect on the chances of a daughter's completing high school. The sample is limited to mothers and daughters living in the same household during the initial sample screening in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts
Miller, David B. – 1976
In an effort to test certain aspects of Oscar Lewis's "Culture of Poverty Theory" in the rural South, an investigation was made of the differences in participation patterns of the rural poor, those factors associated with participation patterns of the rural poor, and the relationship between the social participation patterns of one…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Community Involvement, Correlation
Chorvinsky, Milton – 1981
This report presents data, obtained from the 50 states and Washington, D.C., on the October 1980 enrollments of 3- to 5-year-old children in nursery schools and kindergartens, excluding day care centers. The data were derived from special tabulations prepared for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) from the October 1980 Current…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Employed Women, Enrollment Rate
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Warner, David F.; Hayward, Mark D. – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2006
Using a life course framework, we examine the early life origins of the race gap in men's all-cause mortality. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Older Men (1966-1990), we evaluate major social pathways by which early life conditions differentiate the mortality experiences of blacks and whites. Our findings indicate that early life…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Family Income, Family Structure, Parents
Hodge, Sharon – 2001
Profiles of 104 welfare recipients in Georgia were examined to identify social indicators and cognitive variables that influenced work role participation. Three instruments were administered the Career Thought Inventory, the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form, and the demographic profile and participation scale of the Salience…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Analysis of Variance, Behavior Development