基本説明
Provides a unique and authoritative analysis of family life and early childhood in the UK that cuts across old boundaries.
Full Description
This book documents the first five years of life of the children of the influential Millennium Cohort Study, which is tracking almost 19,000 babies born in 2000 and 2001 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This book is the second in a series of books which will report on the findings from the data and follows on from Children of the 21st century: From birth to nine months (The Policy Press, 2005). It takes an extended look at the children's lives and development as they grow and begin formal education, and the implications for family policy, and service planning in health and social services.
The chapters in this book are written by experts across a wide range of social science and health fields and form a unique look at the early lives of children that cuts across disciplinary boundaries. It is essential reading for academics, students and researchers in these fields. It will also be of relevance to policy makers and practitioners with an interest in children's early years, family life, child development, child poverty, childcare and education and health care.
Contents
Introduction ‾ Heather Joshi, Kirstine Hansen and Shirley Dex; Child poverty in first five years of life ‾ Jonathan Bradshaw and John Holmes; Ethnicity, community and social capital ‾ Alice Sullivan; Parental relationships and parenting ‾ Elizabeth M. Jones; Partnership trajectories, parent and child well being ‾ Kathleen E. Kiernan and Fiona K. Mensah; Employment trajectories and ethnic diversity ‾ Shirley Dex and Kelly Ward; Neighbourhoods and residential mobility ‾ Sosthenes C. Ketende, John W. McDonald and Heather Joshi; Childcare in the pre-school years ‾ Fiona Roberts, Sandra Mathers, Heather Joshi, Kathy Sylva and Elizabeth Jones; Changes in inequality and intergenerational mobility in early years assessments ‾ Jo Blanden and Stephen Machin; Ethnic inequalities in child outcomes ‾ Lorraine Dearden and Luke Sibieta; School Choice ‾ Kirstine Hansen and Anna Vignoles; Teacher assessments in the first year of school ‾ Kirstine Hansen; Childhood overweight and obesity ‾ Lucy Jane Griffiths, Summer Sherburne Hawkins, Tim Cole, Catherine Law and Carol Dezateux; Risk and resilience in childhood ‾ Ingrid Schoon, Helen Cheng, and Elizabeth E. Jones; Parental and child health ‾ Yvonne Kelly and Mel Bartley; Conclusions ‾ Heather Joshi, Kirstine Hansen and Shirley Dex.
