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Family Income and Children's Perception of Parental Support and Monitoring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2009

Mona Sandbæk
Mona Sandbæk*
Affiliation:
NOVA – Norwegian Social Research, P.O. Box 3223, Elisenberg, N-0208, Oslo, Norway E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Family relations have for many years been acknowledged as having a protective impact on children's development if positive and as representing a risk factor if negative. Studies based on statistical information have demonstrated an overrepresentation of a number of family problems in low-income families. Does this image change with children themselves as informants on child–parent relationships? The article examines Norwegian children's perception of parental acceptance, support and monitoring in low-income families compared to children living in families from all income groups.

Type
Themed section on Children's Perspectives on Poverty and Disadvantage in Rich and Developing Countries
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Social Policy and Society , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , October 2009 , pp. 515 - 526
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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