Do Neighborhood and Home Contexts Help Explain Why Low-Income Children Miss Opportunities to Participate in Activities Outside of School?

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1545-1562

  Dearing, Eric ^a   Wimer, Christopher ^b   Simpkins, Sandra D ^c   Lund, Terese ^a   Bouffard, Suzanne M ^d   Caronongan, Pia ^d   Kreider, Holly ^e   Weiss, Heather ^d  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^e Sociometrics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

family; middle childhood; neighborhood; out of school activities; poverty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 72449202317     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017359     Document Type: Article

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