Similarities across constructs increase the likelihood that
contributions from birth parent to infant characteristics will be evident.
Not exact matches
They constructed an index of
parent characteristics by using fitted values
from a regression of test scores on mother's age at child's
birth, indicators for
parent's 401 (k)
contributions and home ownership, and an indicator for the
parent's marital status interacted with a quartic in
parent's household income.
This study uses nationally representative data
from the US Early Childhood Longitudinal Study,
Birth Cohort (ECLS - B) to examine the magnitude of SES gradients in reading and math ability at kindergarten entry and the independent
contribution of factors in the family background, health, home learning,
parenting, and early education domains to these gradients.