Sociological Studies of Children and Youth : Special International Volume (Sociological Studies of Children and Youth)

Hardbound. This volume of Sociological Studies of Children and Youth continues a tradition of publishing new work by both high-profile, established researchers, and up-and-coming young scholars. Diverse contributions offer a good balance of quantitative and qualitative methodologies; focus on children, youth, or both children and youth; and come from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Two prominent themes of the volume are adolescents' transition to adulthood and children's time-use issues. Several chapters address each of these issues, including one examining children's labor in Senegal. Two ethnographic studies are included: one analyzes student-teacher interaction in an urban high-school math class, while the other examines friendship development and maintenance of early elementary-aged African American girls. The volume also includes a policy analysis of medical insurance provision for low income children, and a response to an earlier cha cover.jpg......Page 1 sdarticle.pdf......Page 2 sdarticle_001.pdf......Page 4 sdarticle_002.pdf......Page 11 INTRODUCTION......Page 17 EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE: A FOCUS ON DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERNS......Page 20 Demographic Characteristics of Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States......Page 21 Trends in Achieving Adult Status: The Import of a Gender, Race, Class Perspective......Page 22 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD......Page 26 Gender Oriented......Page 27 Race/Ethnicity Oriented......Page 29 Social Class Oriented......Page 33 Life Course Perspective......Page 34 Gender, Race, Class and the Influence of Social Context......Page 36 Persistent Methodological and Disciplinary Divisions......Page 37 CONCLUSION......Page 39 References......Page 41 INTRODUCTION......Page 50 THE SAMPLE......Page 52 SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIAL CAPITAL......Page 53 Suburban Neighborhoods with Low Social Capital......Page 55 Suburban Neighborhoods with High Social Capital......Page 56 Urban Neighborhoods with Negative Social Capital......Page 57 Calling the Police......Page 58 THE ROLE OF RACE......Page 60 The Standard North American Family......Page 62 CONCLUSION......Page 63 References......Page 65 Appendix B......Page 67 INTRODUCTION......Page 68 Gender and Aspirations......Page 69 Race/Ethnicity and Family Context......Page 71 DATA AND METHODS......Page 73 RESULTS......Page 76 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION......Page 84 References......Page 85 INTRODUCTION......Page 88 INCREMENTAL REFORM AND U.S. HEALTH CARE POLICY......Page 89 HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE PRIOR TO CHIP......Page 91 CHIP - PROGRAM DESCRIPTION......Page 94 PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS OF SUCCESS OF CHIP......Page 97 COMPLEXITY OF PROGRAMS DEALING WITH CHILD HEALTH AND WELFARE......Page 99 RECOMMENDATIONS......Page 101 Acknowledgements......Page 102 References......Page 103 INTRODUCTION......Page 106 HOW MUCH TIME DO CHILDREN SPEND ON HOUSEWORK?......Page 107 DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS AND CHILDREN'S PARTCIPATION IN HOUSEWORK......Page 109 CONSEQUENCES OF HOUSEWORK ON CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT......Page 111 Gender and Division of Household Labor......Page 112 Housework and Concern for Others......Page 113 Housework and Personal Competence and Self-Esteem......Page 115 Housework and Educational Achievement......Page 116 SUMMARY......Page 118 SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH......Page 119 Acknowledgements......Page 121 References......Page 122 INTRODUCTION......Page 127 THE DIMENSIONS OF CHILDREN'S LABOR......Page 128 Background......Page 130 Alternative Education Seekers......Page 132 Agriculture-Based Upwardly Mobiles......Page 133 Market-Based Upwardly Mobiles......Page 138 Duplicating-Dads Imitating-Moms......Page 139 Religious Non-Careerists......Page 143 CONCLUSIONS......Page 146 References......Page 148 INTRODUCTION......Page 149 PREVIOUS RESEARCH ON PLAY AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT......Page 150 Intensity of Activities......Page 153 Peer Interaction......Page 162 Adult Involvement......Page 167 Environmental Novelty......Page 170 CONCLUSION......Page 172 References......Page 175 INTRODUCTION......Page 179 FRIENDSHIPS AND CLIQUES......Page 180 The Import of Race-Gender as Intersectional Forces......Page 181 METHODOLOGY......Page 183 Making Friends......Page 187 Friendship Maintenance......Page 189 The Club......Page 192 Making Friends......Page 195 Friendship Maintenance......Page 197 The Club......Page 198 DISCUSSION......Page 200 References......Page 205 INTRODUCTION......Page 208 RESEARCH METHODS......Page 210 THE SCHOOL......Page 211 Imparting Knowledge......Page 213 Homework......Page 216 Attempts to Move to an Open Awareness Context......Page 218 DISCUSSION......Page 220 References......Page 222 sdarticle_012.pdf......Page 224 Annotation. Two prominent themes of the volume are adolescents' transition to adulthood and children's time-use issues. Several chapters address each of these issues, including one examining children's labor in Senegal. Two ethnographic studies are included: one analyzes student-teacher interaction in an urban high-school math class, while the other examines friendship development and maintenance of early elementary-aged African American girls. The volume also includes a policy analysis of medical insurance provision for low income children, and a response to an earlier chapter on children's rights that appeared in Volume 8 This volume contains a diverse set of chapters that offer a good balance of quantitative and qualitative methodologies; focus on children, youth, or both children and youth; and come from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Two prominent themes of the volume are adolescents' transition to adulthood and children's time-use issues.