Vulnerable children
Subtitle: findings from Canada's National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
By: J. Douglas Willms, editor.
Contributors: Willms, Jon Douglas.; Canada. Human Resources Development Canada. Applied Research Branch.
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Edmonton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
Subjects: National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth.; Enquête longitudinale nationale sur les enfants et les jeunes.; Children -- Canada -- Social conditions.; Children -- Canada -- Longitudinal studies.; Children with social disabilities -- Canada.; Enfants -- Canada -- Conditions sociales.; Enfants -- Canada -- Études longitudinales.
Genres: Longitudinal studies.; Études longitudinales.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-444).
Co-published by Human Resources Development Canada, Applied Research Branch.
Table of contents: title: Section 1, Vulnerable children in Canada. A study of vulnerable children / J. Douglas Willms; title: A gradient approach to the study of childhood vulnerability / Elizabeth Sloat, J. Douglas Willms; title: The prevalence of vulnerable children; Socioeconomic gradients for childhood vulnerability / J. Douglas Willms. Section 2, Early signs of vulnerability. Identifying vulnerable children at an early age / Christa Japel ... [et al.]; title: Physical aggression among toddlers, does it run in families? / Raymond Baillargeon ... [et al.]; title: The effects of smoking and drinking during pregnancy / Sarah K. Connor, Lynn McIntyre. Section 3, Life in the family. Children's outcomes / Ruth K. Chao, J. Douglas Willms; title: Parenting and children's behaviour problems / Fiona Miller ... [et al.]; title: Balancing work and family life / Cynthia Cook, J. Douglas Willms; title: Family functioning and children's behaviour problems / Yvonne Racine, Michael H. Boyle; title: Maternal depression and childhood vulnerability / Marie-Andree Somers, J. Douglas Willms; title: Children's outcomes in differing types of single-parent families / Ellen L. Lipman ... [et al.]; title: The effects of adolescent child-bearing on children's outcomes / V. Susan Dahinten, J. Douglas Willms. Section 4, Life at school. The importance of quality child care / Dafna Kohen ... [et al.]; title: Can school quality compensate for socioeconomic disadvantage? / George Frempong, J. Douglas Willms; title: Pre-adolescent girls and the onset of puberty / Christa Japel ... [et al.]; title: The role of the peer group in pre-adolescent behaviour / Wendy M. Craig ... [et al.]. Section 5, Investing in children. Research findings bearing on Canadian social policy / J. Douglas Willms; title: Implications of the findings for social policy renewal / J. Douglas Willms.