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Download full textAndres, Lesley – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2022
The purpose of this article is to examine if educational homogamy patterns are associated intergenerationally, the extent to which today's couples are homogamous, and how this translates into levels of family income and financial and overall well-being. To examine these relationships, 28 years of longitudinal data from the British Columbia…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Marriage, Family Income, Well Being
Direct linkXia, Mengya – Developmental Psychology, 2022
With studies primarily focusing on family risk factors on adolescent maladjustment, less is known about positive family processes that facilitate adolescent positive development. This study aimed to identify different configurations of parental involvement and interparental affection during early childhood from a person-centered approach and…
Descriptors: Risk, Family Relationship, Adolescent Development, Emotional Adjustment
Dukmak, Samir Jabra; Alkhatib, Razan Numan – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: This study investigates the stress that parents can experience as a result of raising children with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, in relation to various child and family characteristics and to families' social opportunities and social support. Method: A total of 225 parents of children with developmental and/or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stress Variables, Child Rearing, Intellectual Disability
Ammerman, David Allen; Stueve, Cherie – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2019
The purpose of this study was to explore the potential influence of childhood financial socialization on financial well-being in adulthood. Using a sample (N = 2,213) from De Nederlandsche Bank Household Survey (DHS) we modeled the likelihood of household debt/asset ratio less than or equal to 40%, and the likelihood of a household reporting a…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Socialization, Money Management, Learning Theories
Altuntas, Serkan; Sezer, Özcan – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
This study investigated whether the subjective well-being of eighth grade students varies with specific individual characteristics, individual circumstances and familial characteristics. The study population was comprised of 408 students (206 girls, 202 boys) who were in the eighth grade in the academic year 2014-2015 in Malatya in Turkey. Data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Characteristics, Family Characteristics, Well Being
Colorado Children's Campaign, 2016
Imagine the complex factors that influence a child's opportunities in life set on either side of an old-fashioned scale. The teeter-totter of each child's scale can be influenced by parents, schools, communities and, in many ways, public policies. Positive experiences and influences--a loving and nurturing caregiver, a safe and stable place to…
Descriptors: Children, Well Being, Child Health, Early Childhood Education
Schlebusch, Liezl; Dada, Shakila; Samuels, Alecia E. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
This article describes the family quality of life among families who are raising a young child with autism spectrum disorder. Survey research was conducted with 180 families of children with autism spectrum disorder who were receiving disability-related services in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The principle measure used was the Beach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Family Environment
A Spotlight on Dual Language Learners in Head Start: FACES 2014. Research Brief. OPRE Report 2017-99
Aikens, Nikki; Knas, Emily; Malone, Lizabeth; Tarullo, Louisa; Harding, Jessica F. – Administration for Children & Families, 2017
This research brief draws upon data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) 2014. FACES provides information at the national level about Head Start programs, centers, and classrooms, and about the children and families that Head Start serves. This brief is part of a series of reporting products describing data from the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Student Characteristics
Mas, Joana M.; Baqués, Natasha; Balcells-Balcells, Anna; Dalmau, Mariona; Giné, Climent; Gràcia, Marta; Vilaseca, Rosa – Journal of Early Intervention, 2016
Early intervention (EI) has been shown to be an essential resource for meeting the needs and priorities of children with intellectual and developmental disability and their families. The objective of this study was to examine (a) the perceived quality of life of families attending EI centers in Spain and (b) its relationship with characteristics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Quality of Life, Intellectual Disability
Salomone, Erica; Leadbitter, Kathy; Aldred, Catherine; Barrett, Barbara; Byford, Sarah; Charman, Tony; Howlin, Patricia; Green, Jonathan; Le Couteur, Ann; McConachie, Helen; Parr, Jeremy R.; Pickles, Andrew; Slonims, Vicky; Cole-Fletcher, Rachel; Gammer, Isobel; Maxwell, Jessica; Tobin, Hannah; Vamvakas, George; Cole-Fletcher, Rachle; Gammer, Isobel; Maxwell, Jessica; Tobin, Hannah; Vamvakas, George – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
We examined predictors of mental health difficulties and wellbeing in caregivers of children with autism in the Pre-school Autism Communication Trial cohort in middle childhood (N = 104). Child's intellectual disability, daily living skills impairment, elevated emotional and behavioural difficulties, high educational level of caregiver and…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Well Being, Autism, Predictor Variables
Dixon, Pauline; Humble, Steve – Journal of School Choice, 2017
This research set out to investigate how, in a post-conflict area, parental preferences and household characteristics affect school choice for their children. A multinomial logit is used to model the relationship between education preferences and the selection of schools for 954 households in Freetown and neighboring districts, Western Area,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Choice, Family Characteristics, Parent Attitudes
Hartas, Dimitra – Research Papers in Education, 2018
As a way to raise attainment, schools are encouraged to form ability groups across classes for particular subjects. There is limited evidence however about the relationship between setting and primary school children's characteristics and how teachers perceive them. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between set positioning for…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, English Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Preadolescents
Egalite, Anna J. – Education Next, 2016
On the weekend before the Fourth of July 1966, the U.S. Office of Education quietly released a 737-page report that summarized one of the most comprehensive studies of American education ever conducted. Encompassing some 3,000 schools, nearly 600,000 students, and thousands of teachers, and produced by a team led by Johns Hopkins University…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family Characteristics, Family Influence, Equal Education
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2019
When the Annie E. Casey Foundation published its first "KIDS COUNT Data Book" in 1990, there were 64 million children in America. Now, almost three decades later, there are close to 74 million. This 30th edition of the "Data Book" examines how America's child population has changed, demographically and geographically. The…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Child Development, Child Health, Well Being
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2018
The Casey Foundation's "2018 KIDS COUNT® Data Book" warns that the 2020 census is mired in challenges that could shortchange the official census count by at least 1 million kids younger than age 5. This discrepancy would put hundreds of millions of federal dollars at risk and, in doing so, underfund programs that are critical for family…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Economic Impact, Annual Reports, Well Being
