Children and Youth Services Review
Volume 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 771-782

School readiness among children of immigrants in the US: Evidence from a large national birth cohort study (Article)

Han W.-J.* , Lee R. , Waldfogel J.
  • a New York University, United States
  • b Columbia University, United States
  • c Columbia University, United States

Abstract

Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (n ≈ 6800), we examined the factors explaining variation in school readiness in a large and nationally representative sample of children in immigrant and non-immigrant families. In OLS regression models with rich controls to account for selection, we found that language background was a key factor in explaining children of immigrants' expressive language and early reading at kindergarten, whereas both socioeconomic status and language background helped explain their performance in math. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

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immigrants English proficiency ECLS-B School readiness Foreign-born Family SES

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84857440280&doi=10.1016%2fj.childyouth.2012.01.001&partnerID=40&md5=44f4198a8f3911b6f277533c20dc0f7c
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.01.001
ISSN: 01907409
Cited by: 32
Original Language: English