Doctoral Dissertation Research: Risk and Consequences of Parental AbsenceDoctoral

博士论文研究：父母缺席的风险和后果博士

• 批准号: 1302828
• 负责人: Sara McLanahan
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Princeton University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-08-15 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1302828&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Risk; Consequences

SES-1302828Sara MclanahanLauren GaydoshPrinceton University Much of the literature on family structure in American sociology focuses on the effects of father absence as a result of divorce or single motherhood. While prolific and robust, the research has focused on the nuclear family and largely ignored the role of kin and extended family as participants in childrearing. The notable exceptions are primarily ethnographic studies that are unable to quantify the influence of complicated family structures on the population at large. The demographic literature on African families focuses similarly on the negative outcomes associated with non-two parent family structures Rather than focusing on divorce and single motherhood as the primary causes of parental absence as in the US, this literatures focuses overwhelmingly on AIDS orphanhood. The research in both the United States and Africa therefore tends to focus on the negative consequences of particular family structures resulting from specific causes of parental absence. This dissertation project investigates parental absence and considers children's experience with parental absence, how this absence influences children's health and education, and how parents make decisions about their children's living arrangements. The researchers are using longitudinal data from demographic surveillance surveys in Tanzania to provide the first quantification of the risk of parental absence to which children are exposed, to decompose the various sources of this risk, and identify the consequences of parental absence for children's wellbeing. Drawing from original qualitative data, the researchers will study how families negotiate childrearing arrangements in response to the needs of children exposed to parental absence. Broader ImpactsThe findings of this research have implications beyond Tanzania. Recent attempts to institutionalize support for children experiencing parental absence in sub-Saharan Africa have focused on AIDS orphans to the exclusion of children exposed to parental absence for other reasons. This approach ignores the role of familial safety nets in caring for children, and policies have consequently been of limited success. The results are relevant for all countries trying to improve the welfare of children in the face of social changes that challenge traditional family forms. In addition, the importance of kin in Tanzania may demonstrate the taken for granted role of extended family members in child rearing practices in the United States. Finally, the successes and shortcomings of the Tanzanian family can shed light on solutions to the problems faced by American families

SES-1302828SARA MCLANAHAHANLAUREN GAYDOSHPRINCON UNIVERSION，有关美国社会学家庭结构的许多文献着重于离婚或单身母亲的父亲缺席的影响。虽然多产和强大，但该研究集中在核心家庭上，并在很大程度上忽略了亲戚和大家庭作为育儿的参与者的作用。值得注意的例外主要是民族志研究，这些研究无法量化复杂的家庭结构对整个人群的影响。关于非洲家庭的人口文献类似地关注与非两个父母家庭结构相关的负面结果，而不是将离婚和单身母亲作为父母缺席的主要原因，而不是美国，而是压倒性地集中在艾滋病上。 因此，在美国和非洲的研究都倾向于集中于由父母缺席的特定原因引起的特定家庭结构的负面影响。 该论文项目调查了父母的缺席，并考虑了儿童在父母缺席方面的经验，这种缺席如何影响儿童的健康和教育以及父母如何决定孩子的生活安排。研究人员正在使用坦桑尼亚人口监视监视的纵向数据，以首先量化父母缺席的风险，以分解这种风险的各种来源，并确定父母缺席对儿童健康的影响。从原始的定性数据中汲取灵感，研究人员将研究家庭如何根据暴露于父母缺席的儿童的需求来谈判育儿安排。 更广泛的影响这项研究的发现具有坦桑尼亚以外的含义。 最近试图使撒哈拉以南非洲父母缺席的儿童的支持使艾滋病孤儿的支持，以排除因其他原因而被排除在父母缺席的儿童。这种方法忽略了家族安全网在照顾儿童中的作用，因此政策取得了有限的成功。 结果对于所有试图改善儿童福利的国家都面临着挑战传统家庭形式的福利。 此外，亲属在坦桑尼亚的重要性可能表明，大家庭成员在美国养育儿童练习中的作用是理所当然的。 最后，坦桑尼亚家庭的成功和缺点可以阐明解决美国家庭所面临的问题