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Family Influence on Children's Development (Blair et al. (2010)…
Family Influence on Children's Development
Hatton & Martin (2010)
Dataset
= Boyd Orr cohort (1937-9)
Focus
: Relationship between family size and health > birth order and height
Findings
= 1. birth order / number of children have significant impact of height (direct = resource dilution) 2. Overcrowding influences hygiene and cleanliness --> disease (indirect) 3. Height is an indicator / predictor of adult health outcomes
Blair et al. (2010)
Families = vital influence on;
Child's genetic constitution
health and related behaviour
socio-emotional health & well-being
Impact of family size
poverty
poor nutrition
Reducing family size =
increasing income
educating women
making contraception available
Developed countries
greater incidence of marital breakdown = higher risk of childhood poverty
Blair et al (2010)
FACTS/Data
Av. UK family size = 1.9 children
1 in four UK children live in lone-parent households
90% of LPH = single-mother
1 in 10 children live in a step-family
Comparison of Texts
Useful for a Literature Review
Hatton and Martin (2010) used a historical dataset to make their analysis and draw conclusions.
Blair et al (2010) focus on the situation in present-day developing (India / Sri Lanka) and developed countries. (UK)