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Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Center on Wisconsin Strategy. – 2000
Noting that 182,000 of Wisconsin's children are living below the poverty line, this report documents factors affecting the working poor of Wisconsin, combining labor market and wage data with profiles of families and their children from communities throughout the state. The report documents the surge in poverty-wage jobs in Wisconsin over the past…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employed Parents, Employment Patterns, Family Characteristics

Torjman, Sherri; Battle, Ken – Child Welfare, 1995
Examines the income and time deficits facing Canadian families. Describes current government policy responses to these problems, and puts forward several proposals to help reduce these deficits and move toward increased investment in the welfare of Canadian children. (MDM)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Day Care, Employment Opportunities

Vandell, Deborah Lowe; Ramanan, Janaki – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Examined afterschool care for 390 third through fifth graders who were part of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Children in the care of single mothers after school had higher ratings for antisocial behaviors, anxiety, and peer conflicts. However, indications of these problems disappeared when analyses controlled for family income and…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Anxiety, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education

Fadem, Barbara; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1995
A study of 192 medical students compared parental income, as declared on financial aid statements, and mean scores on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) and United States Medical Licensing Examination, by gender and minority/majority status. Results showed significant positive correlations between test scores and parental income for all…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Education
Warfield, Marji Erickson – Infant and Child Development, 2005
Family resources (i.e. household income and spouse support), parenting challenges (i.e. number of children, difficulty finding reliable child care, and child characteristics), work rewards (i.e. work interest) and work demands (i.e. hours and work overload) were tested as predictors of parenting role stress among mothers and fathers in two-earner…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Mothers, Child Rearing, Disabilities
Stein, Bradley D.; Jaycox, Lisa H.; Elliott, Marc N.; Collins, Rebecca; Berry, Sandra; Marshall, Grant N.; Klein, David J.; Schuster, Mark A. – Applied Developmental Science, 2004
To examine the emotional and behavioral impact of terrorism on children across the country, telephone interviews were conducted with a national probability sample of 395 parents of 5- to 18-year-old children from November 9 to 28, 2001. Parents reported on child emotional and behavioral reactions to terrorism, parent-child discussions about…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Terrorism, Learning Activities, Bullying
Turner, J. Kirsten; Pusser, Brian – Policy Futures in Education, 2004
This article examines the degree to which admission cohorts at a selective public flagship university in the United States reflect the state's broader social and economic diversity. US Census data and University admission data on socio-demographic characteristics, including race, gender, place of residence, family income and education levels, are…
Descriptors: Place of Residence, Family Income, White Students, College Admission
Zumbo, Bruno D.; Gelin, Michaela N. – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2005
The present study introduces and demonstrates a new methodology for item and test bias studies: "moderated differential item functioning (DIF)." This technique expands the DIF methodology to incorporate contextual and sociological variables as moderating or mediating effects of the DIF. Specifically, this paper explores differential…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Multiple Choice Tests, Mathematics Tests, Numeracy
Patt, Madhavi Reddy; Yanek, Lisa R.; Moy, Taryn F.; Becker, Diane M. – Health Education & Behavior, 2004
To better understand obesity and overweight among urban African American women, the authors examined sociodemographic, behavioral, and psychological factors within body mass index (BMI) categories. A total of 496 women were recruited for cardiovascular risk factor screening from 20 urban African American churches. Study participants had a mean age…
Descriptors: African Americans, Obesity, Body Composition, Marital Status
Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – London Review of Education, 2005
This paper is based on a talk given at the conference of the Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning, September 2004. There is consistent evidence that parents' education predicts children's educational outcomes, alongside other distal family characteristics such as family income, parents' occupations and residence location. A…
Descriptors: Family Income, Academic Achievement, Family Characteristics, Outcomes of Education
Woodbury, Robert L. – Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, 2005
Almost 50 years ago, a New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) newsletter editorialized that "institutions of higher learning must not become devices to reverse our historic trend away from a class society. We should continue to open wider doors of opportunity for students of genuine ability without regard to (family) income." The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Aid, Universities, Private Colleges
Lutz, Amy – Social Forces, 2006
This paper investigates the effects of individual, family, social and demographic characteristics on the maintenance of Spanish among English-speaking Latino youth. This research finds effects of generation, gender, race, parent's English proficiency, single-parent status, parental income, and neighborhood concentration of co-ethnics as well as…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Youth, Individual Characteristics, Social Characteristics
Mueller, Daniel P. – 1993
Comparing Hmong families with other ethnic or cultural groups (whites, African-Americans, Hispanics, and other Asians), this study examined family-related supports and risks in a low-income, ethnically diverse sample of 242 children entering kindergarten in St. Paul, Minnesota. All kindergarten children from 23 kindergartens in 6 elementary…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups, Family Environment

King, Jacqueline – 1995
This report provides statistics on college student aid in the 1980s and 1990s based on a data series begun by the College Board over 10 years ago. The data represent virtually all federal aid and most state and institutional assistance available to students in postsecondary education. The report also uses data on changes in the cost of attending…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Family Income, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Florida State Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, Tallahassee. – 1994
This study examines the financial characteristics of students attending Florida's colleges and universities and how they pay for their education, based on a survey of more than 8,500 resident families with students enrolled in Florida colleges or universities during 1992-93. The study addresses the cost of Florida higher education, family income…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Policy, Family Income, Higher Education