TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Parental incarceration and school readiness: findings from the 2016-2018 National Survey of Children's Health
JO  - Academic pediatrics
A1  - Testa, Alexander
A1  - Jackson, Dylan B.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVES: Research has documented several collateral consequences of parental incarceration for the development of children. However, there is limited research on how experiencing parental incarceration impacts the school readiness of preschool-aged children. This study examines the relationship between parental incarceration and school readiness among 3-to-5-year-old children in the United States.     METHODS: The current study employs data from 2016-2018 National Survey of Children's Health. The measure of school readiness is comprised of the following four domains: early learning skills, self-regulation, social-emotional development, and physical health & motor development. Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the extent to which children were on-track across these key school readiness domains.     RESULTS: Parental incarceration is associated with a reduction in the predicted probability of being on-track across all four domains. Furthermore, while only about 1 in 33 children without incarcerated parents will be on-track in none of the domains, approximately 1 in 6 children experiencing parental incarceration will be on-track in none of the domains. Ancillary analyses reveal that these results largely hold across items in each school readiness domain.     CONCLUSIONS: Using a novel measure of school readiness, the current study finds parental incarceration is associated with reduced school readiness of preschool-aged children in the United States. Considering the vast benefits of early school readiness for development and academic achievement, our findings suggest a need for interventions that enhance school readiness among children who experience parental incarceration.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1876-2859
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2020.08.016
ID  - ref1
ER  -