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Kids’ Sports
This article examines factors influencing children’s participation in organized sports.
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Education > Parental Education
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Statistics Canada
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June 3, 2008
How Broken Families Rob Children of Their Chances for Future Prosperity
This paper discusses the economic benefits of marriage and the impact of family composition on children.
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Education > Parental Education
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The Heritage Foundation
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June 11, 1999
Marriage and Welfare Reform: The Overwhelming Evidence that Marriage Education Works
This article looks at the effects of the 1996 welfare reform law to strengthen and increase the number of two-parent families in the United States.
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Education > Parental Education
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The Heritage Foundation
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October 25, 2002
Adult Learning in Canada: A Comparative Perspective
This report provides a comparative analysis of adult learning internationally and in Canada and challenges policymakers to examine ways to increase participation.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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Statistics Canada
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October 2007
Learning, Family Formation and Dissolution
This paper examines the role of education in the formation and dissolution of marriages, cohabiting relationships and childbearing and discusses topics such as the relationship between extended education and late childbearing as well as the relationship between educational study and divorce.
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Education > Parental Education
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Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning
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June 2002
Why Are Most University Students Women? Evidence Based on Academic Performance, Study Habits and Parental Influences
This study uses Canadian data to account for the gender gap in university classrooms.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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Statistics Canada
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September 2007
Pre-kindergarten to 3rd Grade (PK-3) School-based Resources and Third Grade Outcomes
This brief examines the academic and behavioural outcomes of children at the end of grade 3 and argues that children with higher-educational risks are less likely to have had access to higher quality elementary schools.
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Education > Parental Education
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Child Trends
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August 2007
Boom Times a Bust: Declining Employment Among Less Educated Young Men
This paper examines employment rates of young males with a high school diploma or less.
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Education > Parental Education
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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July 01, 2003
Children At Risk: State Trends 1990-2000
This comprehensive report provides a state-by-state analysis of changes in child well-being from 1990-2000.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation
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August 01, 2002
Policy Responses to Couple Conflict and Domestic Violence: A Framework for Discussion
This document discusses public policy responses to domestic conflict, such as couple education, coparenting education, programs for abusive partners, and responsible fatherhood programs.
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Education > Parental Education
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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February 01, 2002
The Well-Being of California's Children
Using the National Survey of America’s Families, this paper explores the physical, emotional, financial, and educational welfare and well-being of Californian Children.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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Public Policy Institute of California
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2003
The Changing Face of Child Poverty in California
This report provides a picture of the particular nature of child poverty in California.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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August 01, 2002
California's Young Children: Demographic, Social, and Economic Conditions
This paper examines the welfare of California's children and assesses the social, economic, and family factors which are having an impact on their well-being.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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Public Policy Institute of California
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November 01, 2002
Would Higher Tuition Fees Restrict Access to University Studies?
Using Quebec as an example, this paper argues that lowering tuition fees does not lead to increased enrolment in universities.
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Education > Parental Education
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Montreal Economic Institute
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February 01, 2004
Trailing the Class: Sole Parent Families and Educational Disadvantage
This paper explores the relationship between lower levels of academic achievement and family structure.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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Centre for Independent Studies
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June 26, 2000
The Role of the Family in Democracy: Obstacle or Necessity?
This paper discusses democracy and the family, and looks at how these two roads intersect in terms of parental authority, educational autonomy and definition of family.
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Education > Parental Education
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Centre for Cultural Renewal
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1997
Five Million Children: 1992 Update
This report is the second in a series of annual reports on child poverty in the United States and discusses the relationship between child poverty and geographic location, ethnicity, family structure, parental income, and parental education.
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Education > Parental Education
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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1992
Trends in Family and Household Poverty
While studies have shown single-parent homes to be a primary cause of poverty in the rest of the nation, this is not the case for California which now has one of the highest percentages of poor married families in the country.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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Public Policy Institute of California
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May 01, 2000
Ability, Parental Background and Educational Policy: Empirical Evidence from a Social Experiment
This study investigates the effects of Swedish educational reforms that extended the number of years of compulsory education and improved access to academic education.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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Institute for Fiscal Studies
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April 08, 2003
Education and the Transition to Motherhood: a Comparative Analysis of Western Europe
This paper examines the effect of education on women's transition to motherhood in various European countries.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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Vienna Institute of Demography
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2004
At Home and in School: Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Educational Preparedness
This article examines conditions from early childhood through to high school that influence or predict educational attainment, with particular attention paid to racial and ethnic differences in these indicators.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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Public Policy Institute of California
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November 2001
Rate of Children in Low-Income Families Varies Widely by State
This fact sheet outlines state differences in the percentage of children living in low-income families in the United States.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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September 2004
Do the More-Educated Prefer Smaller Families?
This study explores the relationship between educational attainment and desired family size.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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Vienna Institute of Demography
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March 2005
The Puzzle of Boys Educational Decline: A Review of the Evidence
This paper reviews past research on the growing inequalities between the academic perfomance and achievement of girls and boys.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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The Centre for Independent Studies
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November 18, 1999
Who Are “Fragile Families” and What Do We Know About Them?
This paper summarizes the findings of the first national study of unmarried parents, including information on their living conditions, financial security, and how they relate to one another.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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Centre for Law And Social Policy
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January 01, 2004
Why Are Youth from Lower-income Families Less Likely to Attend University? Evidence from Academic Abilities, Parental Influences, and Financial Constraints
This study examines university attendance across family financial levels.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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Statistics Canada
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February 2007
Effects of Nonmaternal Child Care on Inequality in Cognitive Skills
This paper suggests that increased non-maternal care for low-income children may result in increased inequalities in cognitive development because the quality of care they receive is inferior to that received by children with higher income parents.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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March 01, 1999
A New Generation of Canadian Families Raising Young Children: A New Look at Data from National Surveys
This paper provides data and research relating to parenting and child development, such as maternal age and education, single and dual income families, employment, parental separation, marriage, infant mortality, child care, and child behaviour/outcomes.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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Human Resources Development Canada, Healthy Child Manitoba: Putting Children and Families First
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September 01, 2003
Learning, Family Formation and Dissolution
This paper investigates the effect that educational attainment has on people's decisions about marriage and childbearing, as well as on their risk of experiencing a divorce.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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The Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning
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June 01, 2002
Understanding the Early Years: Early Childhood Development in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) and other national data sources, this report assesses Saskatoon children’s outcomes in terms of family background, family processes, and community factors and discerns how to improve the impact of these factors.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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Human Resources Development Canada
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November 01, 2002
Economic Resources and Children’s Health and Success at School: An Analysis Using the NLSCY
This paper considers the influence economic resources have on children's outcomes, and what role health and educational development should play in the 'longer-term' success of the child.
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Category:
Education > Parental Education
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Human Resources Development Canada
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September 01, 2000
A Follow-up Study of Child Hunger in Canada
This is an analysis of child hunger data from the 1996 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, and looks at the statistics of and factors associated with child hunger ...
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