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Poverty, adolescent well‐being and outcomes later in life
Author(s) -
Tomlinson Mark,
Walker Robert
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.1753
Subject(s) - poverty , structural equation modeling , educational attainment , british household panel survey , panel data , psychology , demographic economics , panel survey , developmental psychology , economics , political science , sociology , economic growth , econometrics , statistics , mathematics
Abstract This paper investigates the impact of various factors in childhood (such as poverty, parental guidance, educational orientation, self‐esteem and delinquent behaviour) on outcomes later in life. Using data from the British Household Panel Survey which incorporates a survey of children aged 11–15 years (also known as the British Youth Panel (BYP)) the technique of Structural Equation Modelling is employed to show the relative impact of these factors on educational attainment and employment status when the respondents were in their late 20s. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.