Early Academic Skills and Childhood Experiences across the Urban-Rural Continuum

Autor/inn/en	Miller, Portia; Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth
Titel	Early Academic Skills and Childhood Experiences across the Urban-Rural Continuum
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 28 (2013) 2, S.234-248 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-2006
DOI	10.1016/j.ecresq.2012.12.005
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Kindergarten; Rural Areas; Child Development; Urban Areas; Family Environment; Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Kindesentwicklung; Urban area; Stadtregion; Familienmilieu
Abstract	The urban-rural continuum provides unique contexts for development. Differences in access to resources and childrearing norms and practices in urban, suburban, and rural areas may be linked to disparities in early achievement. Yet, few studies examine associations between urbanicity and children's early academic skills. Using nationally representative data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (N [approximately equal to] 6050) this study examined differences in academic skills at kindergarten entry across large urban, small urban, suburban and rural areas. Additionally, it considered whether home environments and child care experiences explained disparities in early achievement. Results showed that children in large urban and rural areas entered kindergarten with less advanced academic skills than children in small urban areas and suburbs. Lower achievement for rural children was partly explained by less advantageous home environments and increased use of home-based, rather than center-based, preschool. Parents living in large urban areas had less knowledge of child development, which helped explain their children's lower achievement. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10