ISBN:
9780309052344
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (288 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Losing Generations : Adolescents in High-Risk Settings
DDC:
305.235
Keywords:
Youth with social disabilities -- United States
;
Adolescent psychology
;
Adolescent psychology
;
Youth with social disabilities ; United States
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Losing Generations -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Summary -- FINDINGS: DETERIORATED SETTINGS -- CONCLUSIONS: GOOD PRACTICE AND NEW RESEARCH DIRECTIONS -- 1 Adolescents at Risk -- SETTINGS AND INDIVIDUALS -- THE ROLE OF FAMILY INCOME -- REFERENCES -- 2 Earnings and Employment -- TRENDS SINCE 1970 -- JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG WORKERS -- Sectoral Shifts in Employment -- Technological Change -- Rising Unemployment -- Immigration -- INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCING JOB AVAILABILITY AND EARNINGS -- Minimum Wage and Unions -- Isolation from Jobs -- Discrimination -- CHANGES IN THE SUPPLY AND QUALIFICATIONS OF YOUNG WORKERS -- Supply of Young Workers -- Adequacy of Basic Skills -- Crime -- DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 3 Families -- FAMILY ECONOMICS AND FAMILY STRUCTURE -- Family Structure -- Single-Parent Households -- Two-Parent Households -- FAMILY STRUCTURE, PARENTING STYLES, AND ADOLESCENT OUTCOMES -- Children of Single-Parent Families -- Children of Divorce -- Adolescent Mothers and Their Children -- Parenting Style -- Violence in Families -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 4 Neighborhoods -- CHANGES IN METROPOLITAN NEIGHBORHOODS -- Poverty Concentration and Racial and Ethnic Stratification -- Social Composition of Poor Neighborhoods -- Racial and Ethnic Composition of Schools -- Regional Differences -- POOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT -- Educational Attainment -- Teenage Pregnancy -- Employment -- Delinquency and Violent Crime -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 5 Health and Health Care -- HEALTH STATUS OF ADOLESCENTS -- THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH -- Evolution of Adolescent Health Care -- Health Services Organization and Delivery -- Mental Health Services -- HEALTH INSURANCE -- Private Coverage -- Medicaid Coverage -- Consequences for Adolescent Health.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Losing Generations""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Summary""; ""FINDINGS: DETERIORATED SETTINGS""; ""CONCLUSIONS: GOOD PRACTICE AND NEW RESEARCH DIRECTIONS""; ""1 Adolescents at Risk""; ""SETTINGS AND INDIVIDUALS""; ""THE ROLE OF FAMILY INCOME""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Earnings and Employment ""; ""TRENDS SINCE 1970""; ""JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG WORKERS""; ""Sectoral Shifts in Employment""; ""Technological Change""; ""Rising Unemployment""; ""Immigration""; ""INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCING JOB AVAILABILITY AND EARNINGS""; ""Minimum Wage and Unions""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Isolation from Jobs""""Discrimination""; ""CHANGES IN THE SUPPLY AND QUALIFICATIONS OF YOUNG WORKERS""; ""Supply of Young Workers""; ""Adequacy of Basic Skills""; ""Crime""; ""DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Families""; ""FAMILY ECONOMICS AND FAMILY STRUCTURE""; ""Family Structure""; ""Single-Parent Households""; ""Two-Parent Households""; ""FAMILY STRUCTURE, PARENTING STYLES, AND ADOLESCENT OUTCOMES""; ""Children of Single-Parent Families""; ""Children of Divorce""; ""Adolescent Mothers and Their Children""; ""Parenting Style""; ""Violence in Families""
Description / Table of Contents:
""CONCLUSIONS""""REFERENCES""; ""4 Neighborhoods ""; ""CHANGES IN METROPOLITAN NEIGHBORHOODS""; ""Poverty Concentration and Racial and Ethnic Stratification""; ""Social Composition of Poor Neighborhoods""; ""Racial and Ethnic Composition of Schools""; ""Regional Differences""; ""POOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT""; ""Educational Attainment""; ""Teenage Pregnancy""; ""Employment""; ""Delinquency and Violent Crime""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 Health and Health Care""; ""HEALTH STATUS OF ADOLESCENTS""; ""THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Evolution of Adolescent Health Care""""Health Services Organization and Delivery""; ""Mental Health Services""; ""HEALTH INSURANCE""; ""Private Coverage""; ""Medicaid Coverage""; ""Consequences for Adolescent Health""; ""SPECIAL PROBLEMS: CONFIDENTIALITY AND CONSENT""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 Academic Schooling ""; ""STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT""; ""DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LOW-INCOME AND MORE AFFLUENT SCHOOLS""; ""Financial Resources""; ""Resource Availability and Instruction""; ""ORGANIZATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL STRATIFICATION""; ""Ability Grouping (""Tracking"")""; ""Grade Retention""
Description / Table of Contents:
""PREVENTING SCHOOL FAILURE""""Chapter 1 Programs""; ""Dropout Prevention and Student Motivation""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 From School to Work ""; ""THE DIFFICULT TRANSITION TO THE LABOR MARKET: LACK OF A SYSTEM""; ""VOCATIONAL EDUCATION""; ""Effects on Occupational Success""; ""Effects on School Achievement and Attainment""; ""EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS""; ""Program Effectiveness""; ""Studies of YEDPA Programs""; ""JTPA""; ""Post-YEDPA Field Demonstrations""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""8 Juvenile and Criminal Justice""
Description / Table of Contents:
""CRIME, MINORITIES, AND CONCENTRATED POVERTY""
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