Monserud Maria A, Elder Glen H
Sealy Center on Aging, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-1153 (
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University Square, CB# 8120, 123 W. Franklin St., Suite 401, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997.
J Marriage Fam. 2011 Oct;73(5). doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00858.x.
Children from alternative households complete fewer years of schooling. Yet little is known about the implications of coresidence with grandparents for educational attainment. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 10,083), this study found that extended households with two biological parents were not detrimental to high school completion or college enrollment. Although coresidence with grandparents did not compensate for not living with two biological parents, it seemed to be beneficial for the educational attainment of youth from single-mother households. In contrast, skipped-generation households were associated with a persistent disadvantage for educational attainment. Limited socioeconomic resources partially accounted for the adverse effects of alternative households, whereas parenting quality did not explain these effects. Interactions of gender by household structure suggested that stepfather households could have negative consequences for high school completion and college enrollment only for girls.
来自非传统家庭的孩子接受教育的年限较少。然而，对于与祖父母同住对学业成就的影响，我们知之甚少。利用青少年健康全国纵向研究的数据（N = 10,083），本研究发现，有两位亲生父母的大家庭对高中毕业或大学入学并无不利影响。虽然与祖父母同住并不能弥补没有与两位亲生父母同住的不足，但这似乎对来自单亲家庭的青少年的学业成就有益。相比之下，隔代家庭在学业成就方面存在持续的劣势。有限的社会经济资源部分解释了非传统家庭的负面影响，而养育质量并不能解释这些影响。家庭结构与性别的相互作用表明，继父家庭仅对女孩的高中毕业和大学入学可能产生负面影响。
