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The Social Life of Britain’s Five-Year-Olds: A Report of the Child Health and Education Study book cover

1st Edition

The Social Life of Britain’s Five-Year-Olds A Report of the Child Health and Education Study

By A.F. Osborn, N.R. Butler, A.C. Morris Copyright 1984
474 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1984, The Social Life of Britain’s Five-Year-Olds follows the first five years of life of 13,135 children in England, Scotland, and Wales, who were born during the week 5–11 April 1970. It is concerned with the structure within which the children’s lives are organised, and with the extent and nature of social inequality. The researchers cover three broad areas of crucial... Read more

Preface Prologue by Brian Jackson Part 1: The families Introduction 1. Social inequality 2. Social change 3. Disrupted families 4. Division of labour in the home 5. Social and family influences on child behaviour and ability and maternal depression Part 2: Preschool education and day care Introduction 6. Infant school entry 7. Types of preschool provision 8. Sources of variation in utilisation of preschool education and day care facilities 9. Involvement of mothers in preschool institutions 10. The association of preschool educational experience with behaviour and ability of the child and maternal depression Part 3: Mothers in paid employment Introduction 11. Which mothers go out to work? 12. Patterns of employment 13. Mothers’ attitudes towards employment 14. Day care of children of employed mothers 15. The association of mother’s employment with behaviour and ability of the child and maternal depression. Part 4: Research methods 16. The survey 17. Non-response 18. Variables which require definition 19. Measures of ability, behaviour and maternal depression 20. Methods of analysis Coda by Brian Jackson Appendices

Biography

A.F. Osborn, N.R. Butler and A.C. Morris

Review of the first publication:

"…the book is a meticulously prepared report with many areas of interest."

— Mildred Blaxter, University of East Anglia

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