Single Parenthood and Childhood Outcomes in the Mid-Nineteenth-Century Urban South
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3584801 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Howard Bodenhorn (0000-0002-3681-0094, Bank of America, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-64 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1953 • E-ISSN: 1530-9169 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/jinh.2007.38.1.33 |
| OpenAlex | W2069843790 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 42 |
Data from the urban South reveal two notable consequences of single parenthood during the mid-nineteenth century. First, white children residing with single mothers left school earlier than children residing with two parents, and black children in single mother homes started school later and left school earlier. Second, white youths in single-mother homes faced an increased incidence of labor-force participation, but black youths in the same situation did not. Single parenthood imposed costs, in terms of foregone human-capital formation, on children in the mid-nineteenth century, but the consequences of single motherhood were mitigated by social norms regarding childhood education
Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Human capital · Political science · Single mothers · Single parent · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · White (mutation) · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Psychology
The Negro family in the United States.
Growing up with a single parent
North of slavery
The free women of Petersburg
Time on the cross
Pillars of the republic
The Black family in slavery and freedom, 1750-1925
Democracy in America
A Treatise on the Family
Understanding the gender gap
The slave community
The Truly Disadvantaged
Slavery and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
Colourism and African–american wealth
A New Economic History of Slavery in the United States
The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861
The Formation of a Three-Caste Society
The limits of privilege
The Origins of the Southern Middle Class, 1800-1861
A Theory of Out‐of‐Wedlock Childbearing
Nativity and Wealth in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Cities
The Origins of Public Education in Baltimore, 1825-1829
Family structure, school attendance, and child labor in the American South in 1900 and 1910
White Over Black
Single Parenthood in 1900
The Origins of African-American Family Structure
Quantification and the Analysis of American Antebellum Education
Family Change Among Black Americans
Family, Literacy, and Skill Training in the Antebellum South
The Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Persistent Myths about the Afro-American Family
The Mulatto Advantage
Black Family Organization in the Nineteenth Century
The Origins of the Female-Headed Black Family
The Price of Freedom
Health and Labor Force Participation over the Life Cycle. Evidence from the Past
Contrasting Approaches to the Study of Black Families
Racial Differences in Household and Family Structure at the Turn of the Century
Intergenerational Consequences of Family Disruption
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2015 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |