Authors:
Hancock K, Edwards B, Zubrick S
Authors notes:
Australian Institute of Family Studies; 2013. p. 43-57
Keywords:
Intergenerational disadvantage, joblessness, child development, separation, lone-parent families
Abstract:
The purpose of this chapter is to document parents' childhood experiences of growing up within disadvantaged families and assess the extent to which these experiences are reflected in adulthood.
We also examine the effects of persistent disadvantage-in this context, disadvantage that is experienced over two generations-on children's wellbeing and development, and how these effects compare to children with just one generation of disadvantage, or no history of disadvantage at all.
This is a rare examination of joblessness over three succeeding generations and its onward effects upon children, and is one of the few in the research literature.