TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-term poverty and child development in the United States
T2 - Results from the NLSY
AU - Korenman, Sanders
AU - Miller, Jane E.
AU - Sjaastad, John E.
N1 - Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Small Grants Program of Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, Madison. An earlier version of part of this paper appeared as part of Office of Population Research Working Paper No. 93-5, Princeton University. June 1993, which contains supplemental analyses. We thank participants in seminars at the University of Maryland, the University of Michigan, Princeton University, the National Bureau of Economic Research. Cambridge, MA, and the 1993 meetings of the Population Association of America, Cincinnati, OH. for their comments. Reprint requests should be sent to Sanders Korenman, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 301 19th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55455 USA.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - We describe developmental deficits in early childhood associated with longterm poverty in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). We compare estimates of the effects of long-term poverty (based on a 13-year average of income) to estimates of the effects of poverty based on a single year of income (at the time of developmental assessment). There are substantial developmental deficits among children who, on average, are poor over a number of years relative to those who are not. These deficits are approximately twice as large according to the long-term income measure as compared to those based on the single-year measure, and are not explained by differences in maternal education, family structure, maternal behaviors during pregnancy, infant health, nutritional status, or age of mother at first birth. However, an index of the home environment accounts for one third to one half of the developmental disadvantages (net of other factors) of children who experience long-term poverty.
AB - We describe developmental deficits in early childhood associated with longterm poverty in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). We compare estimates of the effects of long-term poverty (based on a 13-year average of income) to estimates of the effects of poverty based on a single year of income (at the time of developmental assessment). There are substantial developmental deficits among children who, on average, are poor over a number of years relative to those who are not. These deficits are approximately twice as large according to the long-term income measure as compared to those based on the single-year measure, and are not explained by differences in maternal education, family structure, maternal behaviors during pregnancy, infant health, nutritional status, or age of mother at first birth. However, an index of the home environment accounts for one third to one half of the developmental disadvantages (net of other factors) of children who experience long-term poverty.
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U2 - 10.1016/0190-7409(95)00006-X
DO - 10.1016/0190-7409(95)00006-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:27244461599
SN - 0190-7409
VL - 17
SP - 127
EP - 155
JO - Children and Youth Services Review
JF - Children and Youth Services Review
IS - 1-2
ER -