Does coresidence with grandparents alleviate the negative effect of family size on reading test scores?

KREIDL, Martin and Barbora HUBATKOVÁ. Does coresidence with grandparents alleviate the negative effect of family size on reading test scores? In konference “Labor Market and Educational Transitions in Uncertain Times” RC28 Mezinárodní sociologické asociace, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA. 2012.

Basic information

Original name

Does coresidence with grandparents alleviate the negative effect of family size on reading test scores?

Name in Czech

Zmírňuje koresidence s prarodiči negativní efekt počtu sourozenců na testová skóre?

Authors

KREIDL, Martin and Barbora HUBATKOVÁ

Edition

konference “Labor Market and Educational Transitions in Uncertain Times” RC28 Mezinárodní sociologické asociace, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA, 2012

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

50000 5. Social Sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords (in Czech)

velikost rodiny;koresidence;čtenářská gramotnost

Keywords in English

family size;coresidence;reading literacy

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Abstract

V originále

This paper postulates that co-residence with grandparents may provide children with additional resources in the form of available time, attention, social ties, social control that may be beneficial for children’s school outcomes as a protection against resource dilution. I hypothesize that co-residence with grandparents may offset or at least alleviate the negative effect of larger family on school outcomes. A comparative analysis on 2000 PISA shows that coresidence may be a buffer at lower levels of socieconomic development, but certainly is not in the most advanced societies, where coresidence has both a negative main effect and a negative interaction with family size.

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Links

GAP404/11/0130, research and development project

Name: Struktura rodiny a stratifikační proces: vysvětlují trend změny ve vnitrorodinných procesech, kompoziční změny anebo samo-výběr? Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Family structure and the stratification process: Do compositional effects, changes in intra-family processes, or selection bias explain the trend?