Poverty and parenting in the UK: patterns and pathways between economic hardship and mothers' parenting practices

Cooper, Kerris (2022) Poverty and parenting in the UK: patterns and pathways between economic hardship and mothers' parenting practices. CASEbriefs (CASEbrief 42). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London, UK.

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Abstract

This research examines to what extent there are differences in parenting across income groups, and whether these differences are unique to low-income parents. When comparisons are made across all income groups, rather than focusing on parents in poverty, it is revealed that first, there are some positive differences in the parenting of low-income compared to middle-income mothers, and second, where there are negative differences these are not unique to low-income mothers, but part of a broader income-parenting pattern. Mothers’ mental health is an important mechanism in explaining the relationship between economic hardship and parenting, though it is more important for some parenting behaviours than others. These relationships are malleable: movements into/out of hardship are associated with worse/better maternal mental health.

Item Type:	Monograph (Report)
Official URL:	https://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/CASE/_new/publications/
Additional Information:	© 2022 CASE & LSE
Divisions:	Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
JEL classification:	D - Microeconomics > D0 - General > D00 - General I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I0 - General > I00 - General
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2024 14:39
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 05:00
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/121588

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