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EJ483924 PS521849
Title: Low-Income Children's After-School Care: Are There Beneficial Effects of After-School Programs?Author(s): Posner, Jill K.; Vandell, Deborah Lowe
Source: Child Development, v65 n2 Apr p440-56 1994
Publication Date: 1994
Notes: Special issue on: "Children and Poverty."
ISSN: 0009-3920
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJSEP1994
Examined the
effects of 4 different types of after-school care arrangements (formal
after-school programs, mother care, informal adult supervision,
and self-care) on 216 children from low-income families. Children
who participated in formal after-school programs had higher academic
and conduct grades in school and spent less time watching television
than children in the other care arrangements. (MDM)
Descriptors: *Academic Achievement; *After School Programs; Elementary
Education; *Elementary School Students; Enrichment Activities; Latchkey
Children; Low Income Groups; Peer Relationship; *School Age Day
Care; *Student Behavior; Television Viewing
Identifiers: Adult Child Relationship; Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
