Does Family Policy Environment Moderate the Effect of Single-Parenthood on Children’s Academic Achievement? A Study of 14 European Countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7842016 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gillian Hampden‐thompson (0000-0002-4882-4565, American Institutes for Research), Gillian Hampden-Thompson (American Institutes for Research, 1990 K Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20006 USA), Suet‐ling Pong (Pennsylvania State University), Suet-Ling Pong (Department of Education, Policy Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 227-248 |
| Publication date | 2005-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jcfs.36.2.227 |
| OpenAlex | W73525749 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
| References cited | 28 |
This paper examines whether national family and welfare policies reduce or exacerbate the effects of single-parenthood on a child’s educational achievement. Using the Third International Math and Science Study (TIMSS), we compare 5 th grade students from English single-parent families with their counterparts from 13 other European countries. The analysis results suggest that the achievement gap between students from two-parent and single-parent families is far greater in England than it is in all other countries, with the exception of Scotland. The evidence provided in this study suggests that a nation’s family policy environment plays an important role in moderating the influence of single-parenthood on children’s academic achievement
Academic achievement · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economics · Political science · Single mothers · Single parent · Welfare · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 32 |
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| Citations per year | 1,68 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |