Journal of Pediatric Psychology 21(3) pp. 419-431, 1996
© 1996 Society of Pediatric Psychology
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Effects of Poverty on Home Environment: An Analysis of Three-Year Outcome Data for Low Birth Weight Premature Infants
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
1All correspondence should be sent to Janine Watson, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 800 Marshall Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
Investigated the relationship between poverty and parenting in a sample of low birth weight (
2,500 grams) premature (LBWPT) infants (gestation 37 weeks) who were control subjects in the Infant Health and Development Program. When classified using federal poverty levels, poor families scored lower on the HOME inventory (used to measure the caregiving environment) than nonpoor families. A regression model including poverty, race, site, and representative environmental, maternal, and child variables accounted for 60% of variance in total HOME scores. Poverty and maternal IQ had significant and independent effects on HOME scores, whereas maternal distress accounted for little of the variance. In a LBWPT sample, our results find a strong relationship between parenting and poverty, suggest a modest role for maternal psychological distress in this relationship, and indicate that the influence of poverty likely extends beyond commonly measured environmental, maternal, and child factors.
Key words: poverty; parenting; home environment; low birth weight; premature; infants.
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