Children of the 21st century : From birth to nine months / / edited by Shirley Dex and Heather Joshi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457972903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol, UK : , : Policy Press, , 2005; ©2005
• ISBN: 1-4473-0178-1; 1-281-15979-4; 9786611159795; 1-84742-141-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Collana: The UK Millennium Cohort Study
• Altri autori (Persone): JoshiHeather; DexShirley
• Disciplina: 305.2320941/0905
• Soggetti: Parents; Infants; Child development; Child development - Great Britain; Parents - Great Britain; Infants - Great Britain; Statistics.; Electronic books.; Great Britain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-269) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; CHILDREN OF THE 21ST CENTURY -- From birth to nine months; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; ONE -- Introduction; TWO -- Children's origins; THREE -- Socioeconomic origins of parents an d child poverty; FOUR -- Pregnancy and childbirth; FIVE -- Children's health; SIX -- Children's development in the family environment; SEVEN -- Parenthood and parenting; EIGHT -- Parents' employment and childcare; NINE -- Conclusion; References; Index; Also available from The Policy Press
• Sommario/riassunto: This book documents the early lives of almost 19,000 children born in the UK at the start of the 21st century, and their families. It is the first time that analysis of data from the hugely important Millennium Cohort Study, a longitudinal study following the progress of the children and their families, has been drawn together in a single volume. The unrivalled data is examined here to address important policy and scientific issues.