The Influence of Neighborhood Quality on Adolescents’ Educational Values and School Effort

Interview data from a sample of 262 poor African American single mothers and their 7th- and 8th-grade children were used to investigate the relations between neighborhood conditions and adolescents’educational values and school effort. The model tested incorporates both subjective and objective asse...

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Published in:Journal of adolescent research 2004-11, Vol.19 (6), p.716-739
Main Authors: Ceballo, Rosario, McLoyd, Vonnie C., Toyokawa, Teru
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Ability
Academic Achievement
Adolescent boys
Adolescents
African Americans
Censuses
Children
Data quality
Early Adolescents
Education
Educational Ideologies
Family Income
Family school relationship
Females
Gender Differences
Junior High School Students
Low Income Areas
Middle class
Mothers
Neighborhoods
Neighbors
One Parent Family
Poverty
Schools
Self Concept
Single mothers
Single parents
Social Values
Student Attitudes
Subjectivity
Teenagers
United States
Values
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