Child development and behaviour
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- Articles and reports: 11F0019M2005261Geography: CanadaDescription:
The upbringing of children is modeled as a modified principal agent problem in which children attempt to maximize their own well-being when faced with a parenting strategy chosen by the parent, to maximize parent's perception of family well-being. Thus, children as well as parents are players, but children have higher discount rates than parents. The simultaneity of parenting and child behaviour is confirmed using the 1994 Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children.
Release date: 2005-08-02 - 2. Early sexual intercourse ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040037837Geography: CanadaDescription:
What can we say about teenagers who had sexual intercourse at the age of 15 or less? This study estimates the percentage of adolescents who have had sexual intercourse by age 14 or 15. The study also examines demographic, socio-economic characteristics and other factors at age 12 or 13 that are associated with early sexual activity.
Release date: 2005-05-03 - 3. Sex, condoms and STDs among young people ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040037838Geography: CanadaDescription:
The prevalence of and factors associated with having sexual intercourse without a condom and ever being diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease (STD) are examined for youth aged 15 to 24.
Release date: 2005-05-03 - 4. Youth smoking ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040037840Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article reports trends over the past decade in rates of smoking, initiation, quitting and relapse among youth. The prevalence of youth smoking is examined in relation to various factors, including parental smoking and smoke-free homes.
Release date: 2005-05-03 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2005242Geography: CanadaDescription:
Early adolescence is a time of rapid social, cognitive, and physical change. For some youth, these changes can make this period a vulnerable point in development. Adding to the stress, some students transfer from an elementary school to a middle school or to a comprehensive high school. While the impact on youth of moving to a higher level of schooling has been the focus of intense research and debate in the United States, surprisingly little research has been conducted examining how Canadian youth make this transition within the context of Canadian schools. With this in mind, this paper examines the academic, behavioural and emotional adjustment of Canadian adolescents who transfer from an elementary school to a middle or comprehensive high school and compares their outcomes to those of a group of youth who did not change schools. Results of several statistical analyses suggest that changing schools had little systematic association to adolescents' academic outcomes. This held true regardless of whether the school was a middle school or a comprehensive high school. Similarly, transferring to a middle school had little negative association to adolescents' emotional and behavioural outcomes. Indeed, with respect to social aggression, the analyses suggested that students in middle schools may use indirect or socially directed aggression less frequently than students who remained in elementary school. However, transferring directly from an elementary school to a comprehensive high school appeared to have some negative emotional consequences. Youth who moved directly from an elementary school to a high school reported greater symptoms of physical stress. Further, female students who directly transfer to high schools at ages 12 and 13, reported higher levels of depressive affect than female adolescents who remained in an elementary school.
Release date: 2005-03-01 - Articles and reports: 81-004-X20040067781Description:
Using data from the Youth In Transition Survey, this article identifies early indicators that a student might be at risk of dropping out of high school by the age of 17, by comparing high school dropouts to high school continuers and graduates on a range of characteristics at age 15.
Release date: 2005-02-23 - Articles and reports: 11-522-X20030017703Description:
This study reweighted data from the Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), an ongoing, state-based telephone survey in the United States, to produce more accurate child estimates.
Release date: 2005-01-26
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- Articles and reports: 11F0019M2005261Geography: CanadaDescription:
The upbringing of children is modeled as a modified principal agent problem in which children attempt to maximize their own well-being when faced with a parenting strategy chosen by the parent, to maximize parent's perception of family well-being. Thus, children as well as parents are players, but children have higher discount rates than parents. The simultaneity of parenting and child behaviour is confirmed using the 1994 Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children.
Release date: 2005-08-02 - 2. Early sexual intercourse ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040037837Geography: CanadaDescription:
What can we say about teenagers who had sexual intercourse at the age of 15 or less? This study estimates the percentage of adolescents who have had sexual intercourse by age 14 or 15. The study also examines demographic, socio-economic characteristics and other factors at age 12 or 13 that are associated with early sexual activity.
Release date: 2005-05-03 - 3. Sex, condoms and STDs among young people ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040037838Geography: CanadaDescription:
The prevalence of and factors associated with having sexual intercourse without a condom and ever being diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease (STD) are examined for youth aged 15 to 24.
Release date: 2005-05-03 - 4. Youth smoking ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040037840Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article reports trends over the past decade in rates of smoking, initiation, quitting and relapse among youth. The prevalence of youth smoking is examined in relation to various factors, including parental smoking and smoke-free homes.
Release date: 2005-05-03 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2005242Geography: CanadaDescription:
Early adolescence is a time of rapid social, cognitive, and physical change. For some youth, these changes can make this period a vulnerable point in development. Adding to the stress, some students transfer from an elementary school to a middle school or to a comprehensive high school. While the impact on youth of moving to a higher level of schooling has been the focus of intense research and debate in the United States, surprisingly little research has been conducted examining how Canadian youth make this transition within the context of Canadian schools. With this in mind, this paper examines the academic, behavioural and emotional adjustment of Canadian adolescents who transfer from an elementary school to a middle or comprehensive high school and compares their outcomes to those of a group of youth who did not change schools. Results of several statistical analyses suggest that changing schools had little systematic association to adolescents' academic outcomes. This held true regardless of whether the school was a middle school or a comprehensive high school. Similarly, transferring to a middle school had little negative association to adolescents' emotional and behavioural outcomes. Indeed, with respect to social aggression, the analyses suggested that students in middle schools may use indirect or socially directed aggression less frequently than students who remained in elementary school. However, transferring directly from an elementary school to a comprehensive high school appeared to have some negative emotional consequences. Youth who moved directly from an elementary school to a high school reported greater symptoms of physical stress. Further, female students who directly transfer to high schools at ages 12 and 13, reported higher levels of depressive affect than female adolescents who remained in an elementary school.
Release date: 2005-03-01 - Articles and reports: 81-004-X20040067781Description:
Using data from the Youth In Transition Survey, this article identifies early indicators that a student might be at risk of dropping out of high school by the age of 17, by comparing high school dropouts to high school continuers and graduates on a range of characteristics at age 15.
Release date: 2005-02-23 - Articles and reports: 11-522-X20030017703Description:
This study reweighted data from the Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), an ongoing, state-based telephone survey in the United States, to produce more accurate child estimates.
Release date: 2005-01-26
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