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Capital at Home and at School: Effects on Child Social Adjustment
Author(s) -
Parcel Toby L.,
Dufur Mikaela J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00032.x
Subject(s) - human capital , social capital , national longitudinal surveys , social mobility , social reproduction , investment (military) , financial capital , individual capital , economic capital , economics , demographic economics , labour economics , psychology , developmental psychology , sociology , economic growth , political science , social science , politics , law
We argue for analyzing school and family social capital, human capital, and financial capital as parallel concepts and investigate their effects on child social adjustment. We use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) merged Child‐Mother Data, to which we add indicators of capital in the children's schools. Findings suggest that although school capital effects are present, family social capital and maternal and child human capital effects are more prevalent. Interactions between family and school capital refine these findings. We derive inferences regarding how investment at home and at school can work together to promote child social adjustment.